Romans 2:22

You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

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WEBBE

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

BSB

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

KJV

Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

ASV

thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?

BBE

You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

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ὁ ho You who [are] G3588 λέγων legōn saying G3004 μὴ mē not G3361 μοιχεύειν moicheuein to commit adultery G3431 μοιχεύεις; moicheueis do you commit adultery G3431 ὁ ho You who [are] G3588 βδελυσσόμενος bdelussomenos abhorring G948 τὰ ta (the) G3588 εἴδωλα eidōla idols G1497 ἱεροσυλεῖς; hi'erosuleis do you rob temples G2416

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 17–24

The apostle directs his discourse to the Jews, and shows of what sins they were guilty, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. A believing, humble, thankful glorying in God, is the root and sum of all religion. But proud, vain-glorious boasting in God, and in the outward profession of his name, is the root and sum of all hypocrisy. Spiritual pride is the most dangerous of all kinds of pride. A great evil of the sins professors is, the dishonour done to God and religion, by their not living according to their profession. Many despise their more ignorant neighbours who rest in a dead form of godliness; yet themselves trust in a form of knowledge, equally void of life and power, while some glory in the gospel, whose unholy lives dishonour God, and cause his name to be blasphemed.

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