For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Romans 2:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if you bear the name of Jew and rely upon the Law and pride yourselves in God and your relationship to Him, American Standard Version (1901) But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God, Common English Bible But, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the Law; if you brag about your relationship to God; Catholic Public Domain Version But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, |
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his peculiar treasure.
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 in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
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.
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
They answered unto him, We be Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonourest thou God?
Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Wherefore remember, that aforetime ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.
Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.