Rom 2:22 | TNotes | STEP | 2:22 do you use items stolen from pagan temples? Old Testament law prohibited Jews from having anything to do with pagan idols (see Deut 7:26 ), but first-century Jews did not strictly follow this law. Sometimes they stole idols and used or sold the precious metals.

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‏ Romans 2:22

2:22 ^a do you use items stolen from pagan temples? Old Testament law prohibited Jews from having anything to do with pagan idols (see Deut 7:26 ^b), but first-century Jews did not strictly follow this law. Sometimes they stole idols and used or sold the precious metals.