Romans 2:24 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 2:24

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

KJV

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ASV

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.

WEB

As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

YLT

for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.

DBT

For the name ofGod is blasphemed on your account among the nations, according as it is written.

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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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Ezekiel 36:20–23
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.
Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
2 Peter 2:2
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2 Samuel 12:14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
1 Timothy 6:1
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

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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

It is a lamentation that those who were made to be to God for a name and for a praise should be to him a shame and dishonour. The great evil of the sins of professors is the dishonour done to God and religion by their profession. " Blasphemed through you; that is, you give the occasion for it, it is through your folly and carelessness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Quotes ISA 52:5
'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you' ('as it is written')

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