Romanos 2:23

23 Tu, que te glorias na lei, desonras a Deus pela transgressão da lei?

Romanos 2:23 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 2:23

Thou that makest thy boast of the law
Of their having it, which other nations had not; of their knowledge of it, which many of their own people were without, or had but a small share of; and of their keeping of it even to perfection:

through breaking of the law dishonourest thou God?
sin sometimes is expressed by a word which signifies a "fall"; sometimes by another, which signifies missing of the mark, or straying from it; sometimes by another, which signifies a "contrariety to the law" of God; and here, by one which signifies a "passing over it", and the bounds which it has set, as the rule of man's obedience; and hereby God, the lawgiver, is dishonoured: for as God is glorified by good works, when rightly performed, he is dishonoured by evil ones; for his authority, as a lawgiver, is trampled upon and despised. Now persons guilty of such iniquities as here mentioned, could not be justified before God, or accepted by him on account of any works of righteousness done by them.

Romanos 2:23 In-Context

21 tu, pois, que ensinas a outrem, não te ensinas a ti mesmo? Tu, que pregas que não se deve furtar, furtas?

22 Tu, que dizes que não se deve cometer adultério, adultéras? Tu, que abominas os ídolos, roubas os templos?

23 Tu, que te glorias na lei, desonras a Deus pela transgressão da lei?

24 Assim pois, por vossa causa, o nome de Deus é blasfemado entre os gentios, como está escrito.

25 Porque a circuncisão é, na verdade, proveitosa, se guardares a lei; mas se tu és transgressor da lei, a tua circuncisão tem-se tornado em incircuncisão.