Romans 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

Common English Bible

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

Romans 2:17 Cross References

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord all the offspring of Israel shall triumph and glory.

Micah 3:11

Its rulers give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets give oracles for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Surely the Lord is with us! No harm shall come upon us.”

Zephaniah 3:11

On that day you shall not be put to shame because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 10:28

And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”

John 5:39

“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that testify on my behalf.

John 5:45

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

John 7:19

“Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill me?”

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?”

John 8:41

You are indeed doing what your father does.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, God himself.”

Romans 2:23

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by your transgression of the law?

Romans 3:27

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, rather through the law of faith.

Romans 9:32

Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Galatians 2:15

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners,

Ephesians 2:11

So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands—

Revelation 2:9

“I know your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich. I know the slander on the part of those who say that they are Jews and are not but are a synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 3:1

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 3:9

I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.