New American Standard Bible 1995

Romans 2:19-25

19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20a 1corrector of the foolish, a teacher of 2the immature, having in the Law 3the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, 21you, therefore, 4who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who 5preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? 22You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you 6rob temples? 23You who 7boast 8in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? 24For “9the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles 10because of you,” just as it is written.

25For indeed circumcision is of value if you 11practice 12the Law; but if you are a transgressor 13of the Law, 14your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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Notes

1. Romans 2:20 Or instructor ↩
2. Romans 2:20 Lit infants ↩
3. Romans 2:20 Rom 3:31; 2 Tim 1:13 ↩
4. Romans 2:21 Matt 23:3ff ↩
5. Romans 2:21 Or proclaim ↩
6. Romans 2:22 Acts 19:37 ↩
7. Romans 2:23 Mic 3:11; John 5:45; Rom 2:17; 9:4 ↩
8. Romans 2:23 Or in law ↩
9. Romans 2:24 Is 52:5; Ezek 36:20ff ↩
10. Romans 2:24 2 Pet 2:2 ↩
11. Romans 2:25 Rom 2:13f, 27 ↩
12. Romans 2:25 Or law ↩
13. Romans 2:25 Or of law ↩
14. Romans 2:25 Jer 4:4; 9:25f ↩

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