Romans 2:15-23

15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

The Jews and the Law

17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

Cross References 7

  • 1. Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:5
  • 2. Acts 10:42
  • 3. Romans 16:25; 2 Timothy 2:8
  • 4. ver 23; Jeremiah 8:8; Micah 3:11; John 5:45; Romans 9:4
  • 5. Matthew 23:3,4
  • 6. Acts 19:37
  • 7. S ver 17
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