Romans 2:23
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
KJV
ὃς ἐν νόμῳ καυχᾶσαι, διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ νόμου τὸν θεὸν ἀτιμάζεις;
Greek NT
qui in lege gloriaris, per prævaricationem legis Deum inhonoras.
Vulgate
thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?
ASV
Thou, that makest thy boast of the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
verb · 37×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
παράβασις
parabasis
noun · 7×
ἀτιμάζω
atimazo
verb · 7×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Jas 4:16 — But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
- 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.
- Matt 18:7 — Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
- Rom 2:17 — Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
- Rom 2:17 — Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
- Rom 2:25 — For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
- Rom 3:2 — Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
- Rom 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
- 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;