Romans 2:17

New Century Version

What about you? You call yourself a Jew. You trust in the law of Moses and brag that you are close to God.

Cross References

Psalm 135:4

The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself; he has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.

Isaiah 45:25

But with the Lord’s help, the people of Israel will be found to be good, and they will praise him.

Micah 3:11

Its judges take money to decide who wins in court. Its priests only teach for pay, and its prophets only look into the future when they get paid. But they lean on the Lord and say, “The Lord is here with us, so nothing bad will happen to us.”

Zephaniah 3:11

Then Jerusalem will not be ashamed of the wrongs done against me, because I will remove from this city those who like to brag; there will never be any more proud people on my holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Matthew 3:9

And don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

Luke 10:28

Jesus said to him, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will live.”

John 5:39

You carefully study the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. They do in fact tell about me,

John 5:45

Don’t think that I will stand before the Father and say you are wrong. The one who says you are wrong is Moses, the one you hoped would save you.

John 7:19

Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys that law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

John 8:33

They answered, “We are Abraham’s children, and we have never been anyone’s slaves. So why do you say we will be free?”

John 8:41

So you are doing the things your own father did.” But they said, “We are not like children who never knew who their father was. God is our Father; he is the only Father we have.”

Romans 2:23

You brag about having God’s law, but you bring shame to God by breaking his law,

Romans 3:27

So do we have a reason to brag about ourselves? No! And why not? It is the way of faith that stops all bragging, not the way of trying to obey the law.

Romans 9:32

because they tried to make themselves right by the things they did instead of trusting in God to make them right. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they from Abraham’s family? So am I.

Galatians 2:15

We were not born as non-Jewish “sinners,” but as Jews.

Ephesians 2:11

You were not born Jewish. You are the people the Jews call “uncircumcised.” Those who call you “uncircumcised” call themselves “circumcised.” (Their circumcision is only something they themselves do on their bodies.)

Revelation 2:9

I know your troubles and that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the bad things some people say about you. They say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue that belongs to Satan.

Revelation 3:1

“Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: “The One who has the seven spirits and the seven stars says this: I know what you do. People say that you are alive, but really you are dead.

Revelation 3:9

Those in the synagogue that belongs to Satan say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews; they are liars. I will make them come before you and bow at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.