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Romans 2:17

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

KJV

εἰ δὲ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ νόμῳ καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ

Greek NT

Si autem tu Judæus cognominaris, et requiescis in lege, et gloriaris in Deo,

Vulgate

But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

ASV

But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
verb · 37×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπαναπαύομαι
epanapauomai
verb · 2×
ἐπονομάζω
eponomazo
verb · 1×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Εἰ δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: Εἰ δὲ | RP: Ἴδε
  • Εἰ δὲSBLGNT
  • Εἰ δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἼδεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: νόμῳ | WH/Treg/NIV: νόμῳ | RP: τῷ νόμῳ
  • νόμῳSBLGNT
  • νόμῳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τῷ νόμῳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. There is nothing clearer, nothing simpler than the truth, if we deal not perversely; just as (on the other hand) if we deal perversely, nothing is more difficult. For behold, the Scribes and Pharisees, who seemed forsooth to be wiser than other men, being ever with Christ for the sake of plotting against Him, and beholding His miracles, and reading the Scriptures, were nothi…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210206.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. Paul turns from the Gentiles to the Jews, showing that possession of the law does not make one righteous before God. The Jews who condemn the Gentiles practice the same sins. God will judge every man according to his works — not that works merit salvation, but that they reveal the truth of the heart. True c…

Cross-references

  • Ezra 9:1 — Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to
  • Gal 6:13 — For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
  • Isa 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but n
  • Isa 48:2 — For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
  • Isa 65:5 — Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
  • Jas 4:17 — Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
  • Jer 2:8 — The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not pr
  • Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
  • John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  • 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.
  • John 8:54 — Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
  • John 9:28 — Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
  • Matt 3:9 — And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
  • Matt 6:23 — But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
  • Mic 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil ca
  • Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 44:8 — In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
  • Ps 50:16 — But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
  • Rev 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
  • Rom 2:23 — Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
  • Rom 2:23 — Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
  • Rom 2:28 — For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
  • Rom 2:28 — For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
  • Rom 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
  • Rom 7:1 — Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
  • Rom 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;
  • Rom 9:32 — Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;