Romans 2:17,23 - Compare All Versions

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Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.

You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him.

You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.

Now if  you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law,  and boast in God

You who boast in the law,  do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

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

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

Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God

You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?

If you’re brought up Jewish, don’t assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you’re an insider to God’s revelation, a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines! I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God’s revealed Word inside and out, feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God. While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I’m quite serious. While preaching “Don’t steal!” are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you? The same with adultery. The same with idolatry. You can get by with almost anything if you front it with eloquent talk about God and his law. The line from Scripture, “It’s because of you Jews that the outsiders frown on God,” shows it’s an old problem that isn’t going to go away.

If you’re brought up Jewish, don’t assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you’re an insider to God’s revelation, a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines! I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God’s revealed Word inside and out, feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God. While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I’m quite serious. While preaching “Don’t steal!” are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you? The same with adultery. The same with idolatry. You can get by with almost anything if you front it with eloquent talk about God and his law. The line from Scripture, “It’s because of you Jews that the outsiders frown on God,” shows it’s an old problem that isn’t going to go away.

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the Law and boast in God

You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God

You who boast in the Law, do you [repeatedly] dishonor God by breaking the Law?

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

You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!