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Romans 2:17 KJV
Romans · chapter 2 · verse 17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,Romans 2:17 · King James Version
Romans 2:17 in context
15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- restestepanapauomaito cause to rest upon anything, to rest upon anything, to settle upon, fix its abode uponG1879 →
- Beholdidebehold, seeG2396 →
- calledeponomazōto put a name upon, name, to be namedG2028 →
- boastkauchaomaito glory , to glory on account of a thing, to glory in a thingG2744 →
- JewioudaiosJewish, belonging to the Jewish nation, Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religionG2453 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had said (Rom 2:13) that not the hearers but the doers of the law are justified;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29