Romans 2:23 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 2:23

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

KJV

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ASV

thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?

WEB

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

YLT

thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

DBT

thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonourGod?

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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19 verses on the floor

Romans 3:27
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Romans 2:17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
James 4:16–17
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Romans 3:2
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

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Behold--"But if" is, beyond doubt, the true reading here. (It differs but in a single letter from the received reading, and the sense is the same).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The greatest obstructors of the success of the word are those whose bad lives contradict their good doctrine, who in the pulpit preach so well that it is a pity they should ever come out, and out of the pulpit live so ill that it is a pity they should ever come in. He specifies three particular sins that abound among the Jews:-- (1.) Stealing.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This was the condemnation in David's case, that he had given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, 2 Sam. xii. And the apostle here refers to the same charge against their forefathers: As it is written,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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