Romans 2:23

23 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

Romans 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.

Romans 2:23 In-Context

21 You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal?

22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

23 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

24 For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Goyim because of you," just as it is written.

25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.