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Romans 2:21-23 KJV
Romans · chapter 2 · verses 21–23
21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?Romans 2:21-23 · King James Version
Romans 2:21-23 in context
19And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preachestkēryssōto be a herald, to officiate as a herald, to proclaim after the manner of a herald…G2784 →
- abhorrestbdelyssōto render foul, to cause to be abhorred, abominable, to turn one s self away from on…G948 →
- teachestdidaskōto teach, to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic…G1321 →
- adulterymoicheuōto commit adultery, to be an adulterer, to commit adultery with, have unlawful…G3431 →
- breakingparabasisa going over, metaph. a disregarding, violating, of the Mosaic law, the breach of a…G3847 →
- thyselfseautouthyself, theeG4572 →
- throughdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- sayestlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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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