Romans 2:23
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
- KJV
- Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
- WEB
- You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?
- ASV
- thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?
- DARBY
- thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?
- BLB
- [You] who boast in the law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the law?
- ÅB
- Du som roser deg av loven, du vanærer Gud ved å bryte loven!
- OTB
- Du som er stolt av Loven, vanærer du Gud ved å bryte Loven?
- B1930
- Du som roser dig av loven, du vanærer Gud ved å bryte loven!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 4:16–17
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Read in contextRomans 2:17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Read in contextJohn 5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
Read in contextRomans 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;
Read in contextRomans 3:2
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Read in contextJames 1:22–27
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Read in contextLuke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Read in contextMatthew 19:17–20
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Read in context