Romans 2:24
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
KJV
τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι’ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καθὼς γέγραπται.
Greek NT
(Nomen enim Dei per vos blasphematur inter gentes, sicut scriptum est.)
Vulgate
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
ASV
(For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βλασφημέω
blasphemeo
verb · 34×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Isa 52:5 · paraphrase"Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed."Isaiah: the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles — Paul adapts
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2814The sanctification of his name among the nations depends inseparably on our life and our prayer: We ask God to hallow his name, which by its own holiness saves and makes holy all creation .... It is this name that gives salvation to a lost world. But we ask that this name of God should be hallowed in us through our actions. For God's name is blessed when we live well, but is bl…
1. If you remember our former reflections, we shall the more zealously proceed with the building up of what remains, as doing so for great gain. For so will our discourse be more intelligible to you who remember what has been already said, and we shall not need much labor, because you are able through your great love of learning to see more clearly into what remains. The man wh…
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…
Q. What is God's will for us in the third commandment? A. That we neither blaspheme nor misuse the name of God by cursing, perjury, or unnecessary oaths, nor share in such horrible sins by being silent bystanders. In a word, that we use the holy name of God only with reverence and awe, so that we may properly confess him, pray to him, and praise him in everything we do and say.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:1 — Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
- 2Pet 2:2 — And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
- 2Pet 2:2 — And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
- 2Sam 12:14 — Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
- Ezek 20:27 — Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
- Ezek 36:20 — And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Ezek 36:20 — And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Isa 48:11 — For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
- Isa 52:5 — Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
- Isa 52:5 — Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
- Lam 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Neh 5:9 — Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
- Titus 2:5 — To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.