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Romans 2:23

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὃςhosYou whoG3739 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
νόμῳnomōlawG3551 →
καυχᾶσαι,kauchasaiboast,G2744 →
διὰdiathroughG1223 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
παραβάσεωςparabaseōstransgressionG3847 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
νόμουnomoulawG3551 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
θεὸνtheonGodG2316 →
ἀτιμάζεις;atimazeisdishonor you?G818 →

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Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.James 4:16–17As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.Romans 9:4the 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.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 2:25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.James 1:22–27Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.Luke 10:26–29“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”John 9:28–29Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.Matthew 19:17–20“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”Jeremiah 8:8–9How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?Leviticus 13:32On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

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