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Romans 2:17

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

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ASV

But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

KJV

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΕἰEiIfG1487 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
σὺsuyou yourselfG4771 →
ἸουδαῖοςIoudaiosa JewG2453 →
ἐπονομάζῃeponomazēare calledG2028 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐπαναπαύῃepanapauēyou rely onG1879 →
νόμῳnomōlawG3551 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
καυχᾶσαιkauchasaiyou boastG2744 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
θεῷtheōGodG2316 →

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Romans 2:23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Isaiah 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—Psalms 44:8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. SelahRevelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.Isaiah 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.Romans 9:4–7the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.Romans 2:28–29A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.Romans 2:28A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.John 9:28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—Jeremiah 7:4–10Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’John 9:28–29Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

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