Romans 2:21

19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
KJV
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
WEB
You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?
ASV
thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
DARBY
thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
BLB
then [you] who are teaching another, do you not teach yourself? [You] who are preaching not to steal, do you steal?
ÅB
Du som lærer andre, lærer du ikke deg selv? Du som preker at man ikke skal stjele, stjeler du?
OTB
du, da, som instruerer andre, instruerer du ikke deg selv? Du som forkynner mot tyveri, stjeler du?
B1930
du som altså lærer en annen, lærer du ikke dig selv? du som preker at en ikke skal stjele, stjeler du?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 9:27

    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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  • Matthew 23:3–28

    So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

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  • Luke 12:47

    That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

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  • Micah 3:11

    Her 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.”

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  • Titus 2:1–7

    But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.

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  • Psalms 50:16–21

    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

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  • Luke 11:46

    “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

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  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

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