Romans 2:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by your transgression of the law?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law [by stealthily infringing upon or carelessly neglecting or openly breaking it]?

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?

Common English Bible

²³ If you brag about the Law, do you shame God by breaking the Law?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ You would glory in the law, but through a betrayal of the law you dishonor God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Thou that makest thy boast of the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest God.

Romans 2:23 Cross References

Leviticus 13:32

On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,

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.”

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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.

Romans 2:17

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

Romans 3:2

Much, in every way. For in the first place, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

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 9:4

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;