Romans 2:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

Romans 2:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:16-17
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. …
Romans 2:17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Romans 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;
John 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.
Romans 3:2
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Topics

Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Depravity of Man Dishonesty Dissembling Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-29)

In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had said (Rom. 2:13) that not the hearers but the doers of the law are justified; and he here applies that great truth to the Jews. Observe, I. He allows their profession (Rom. 2:17-20) and specifies their p…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

17-24. 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).