Romans 2:17-24
The Condemnation of the Jew
17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law ▼▼ The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
and boast of your relationship to God ▼ 18and know his will ▼▼ Grk “the will.”
and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, ▼▼ Grk “because of being instructed out of the law.”
19and if you are convinced ▼ that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth – 21therefore ▼ you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor ▼▼ Or “detest.”
idols, do you rob temples? 23You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law! 24For just as it is written, “ the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you .” ▼
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