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Romans 2:22
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
DOST THOU COMMIT ADULTERY? - There is no doubt that this was a crime very common among the Jews; see the Matthew 12:39 note; John 8:1 notes. The Jewish Talmud accuses some of the most celebrated of th...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Gentile Moralist and Reformer and His Condemnation. (Romans 2:1 .)_ 2. The Two Classes. (Romans 2:7 .) 3. The State of the Jew. (Romans 2:17 .)...
Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his PRIDE OF LAW, MADE VOID BY DISLOYALTY. Romans 2:17. His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew, etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21 : the comm...
If you are called by the name of Jew, if you take your rest in the Law, if you boast in God and know his will, if you give your approval to the excellent things, if you are instructed in the Law, if y...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
A MAN, &C. Literally not to commit. ABHORREST. Greek. _bdelussomai._ Only. here and Revelation 21:8. COMMIT SACRILEGE. rob temples. Greek. _hierosuleo_. Only here. Compare Acts 19:37....
_commit sacrilege_ Lit. PLUNDER SACRED THINGS, or PLUNDER FROM SACRED PLACES. The Gr. word is the same as that translated "robbers of churches," Acts 19:37. The idea of plunder is not necessary in the...
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
The nexus is marked by the particles—οὖν (21) sums up the privileges and introduces, in the form of questions, the contrast in the actual facts; γὰρ (24) implies the answer yes to the preceding questi...
ἹΕΡΟΣΥΛΕΙ͂Σ. Cf. Acts 19:37. S. H. refers to Jos. _Antiq._ iv. 8, 10; Lft, _Supern. Rel._ p. 299 f.; Ramsay, _Ch. & R. E._ p. 144 n.; Deuteronomy 7:26. The antithesis is less clear than in the former...
ΛΈΓΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΜΟΙΧΕΎΕΙΝ _praes. inf. act. от_ ΜΟΙΧΕΎΩ (G3431) прелюбодействовать. _Inf._ в косвенной речи, ΒΔΕΛΥΣΣΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΒΔΕΛΎΣΣΟΜ...
DISCOURSE: 1826 INCONSISTENT CHRISTIANS REMONSTRATED WITH Romans 2:17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest the thing...
_TEXT_ Romans 2:17-24. But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God, Romans 2:18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instru...
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? THOU THAT SAYEST A MAN SHOULD NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DOST THOU CO...
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_ 16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
2:22 sacrilege? (e-20) See Acts 19:37 ....
COMMIT SACRILEGE] RV 'rob temples': cp. Acts 19:37....
THE FAILURE OF THE JEWS In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God's judgment will fall...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL’S ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO *JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE 2:1-16 1. THEY CANNOT AVOID GOD’S JUDGEMENT 2:1-4 v1 So, you who *...
COMMIT SACRILEGE. — Properly, _rob temples — i.e._, idol temples, with a pointed antithesis to that abhorrence of idols on which the Jew prided himself. This is certainly the last offence of which we...
βδελυσσόμενος properly expresses physical repulsion: thou that shrinkest in horror from idols. _Cf._ Daniel 9:27; Mark 13:14. ἱεροσυλεῖς : dost thou rob temples, and so, for the sake of gain, come in...
HE REQUIRES HEART-OBEDIENCE Romans 2:21 The Jew relied upon the position given him by the privileges and rites of Judaism, although his religious life, as such, had shrunk within these outward things...
It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at least...
Idols, &c. The Jews, at the time of our Saviour, were free from idolatry, to which their ancestors had been so prone for so long a time. But to this evil had succeeded another, scarcely less heinous,...
“ _And if, then, thou who teachest another, teachest not thyself, if preaching a man should not steal, thou stealest, if, while saying a man should not commit adultery, thou committest adultery, if, a...
FIFTH PASSAGE (2:1-29). THE WRATH OF GOD SUSPENDED OVER THE JEWISH PEOPLE. In the midst of this flood of pollutions and iniquities which Gentile society presents to view, the apostle sees one who lik...
The _second part_ of the chapter, Romans 2:17-29, contains _the application_ of the principles laid down in the first. After expressing himself in a general and more or less abstract way, Paul address...
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And a...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
22._Thou who abhorrest idols, etc. _He fitly compares sacrilege to idolatry, as it is a thing of the same kind; for sacrilege is simply a profanation of the Divine Majesty, a sin not unknown to heathe...
Two things are presented here with respect to God; His judgment against evil the evil-doer shall not escape (the real difference of right and wrong would be maintained by judgment); and His mercy, pat...
THOU THAT SAYEST A MAN SHOULD NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,.... Adultery here is to be taken not figuratively for adulterating the word of God, and mixing it with their own inventions; but literally for the si...
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Ver. 22. _Thou that sayest_] Hypocrites can talk of religion, as i...
Rom. 2:21, 22. "Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost t...
_Thou therefore which teachest another_ And valuest thyself upon thy ability to do it, trusting therein for acceptance with God; _teachest thou not thyself?_ He does not teach himself, who does not pr...
COMMIT SACRILEGE; by profaning divine things, and taking to thyself what belongs to God....
THE CASE OF THE CULTURED GREEK But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never considering that the same judg...
Romans 2:17-29 1. What is the difference between an inward Jew and an outward Jew? a. What was an outward Jew? i. Circumcised ii. Good self-image 1. Name Jew means a lot to him 2. Rested in the...
THOU THAT SAYEST. MAN SHOULD NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DOST THOU COMMIT ADULTERY? THOU THAT ABHORREST IDOLS, DOST THOU ROB TEMPLES?...
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...
DOST THOU COMMIT ADULTERY? to this sin also the Jews were greatly addicted: see PSALMS 50:18 JEREMIAH 5:8. DOST THOU COMMIT SACRILEGE? Here he varies the crime; he does not say: Dost thou commit idola...
thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?...
Romans 2:22 say G3004 (G5723) Do G3431 not G3361 adultery G3431 (G5721) adultery G3431 (G5719) abhor...
‘You who say that a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?' Another sin central to the covenant was adultery. Again Paul probably knew that adultery was fairly widespread among Jews,...
THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE JEW. PAUL IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION - ‘DOES NOT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES WITH IT, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS CIRCUMCISED INTO GOD'S COVENANT...
Romans 2:22. COMMIT ADULTERY. The loose practices in regard to divorce (Matthew 19:8-9; Joshua 4:4), amounted to this sin, and the Talmud charges adultery upon some of the most celebrated Rabbins. AB...
_2. The Jew is Condemned; His External Circumcision does not Avail._ This section contains the direct application to the case of the Jew, in the form of an indignant outburst (Romans 2:17-24), much of...
2. THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS, AS A PROOF OF THEIR NEED OF THE GOSPEL. This passage contains the second part of the proof of the universality of sin, and hence of the universal need of the gospel, whe...
THAT ABHORREST (ο βδελυσσομενος). Old word to make foul, to stink, to have abhorrence for. In LXX, in N.T. only here and Revelation 21:8. The very word used by Jesus to express their horror of idols...
COMMIT SACRILEGE Or, rob temples....
Romans 2 The Practical Outcome of Judaism. I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just, inevitable, and impa...
CONTENTS: The equal standing of Jew and Gentile before the justice of God. Morality apart from Christ useless as means of salvation. Jews knowing the law condemned by the law. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLU...
Romans 2:1. _Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man,_ whether Roman or Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is acc...
DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. The Law said this, but some of the best known teachers of the Law made a habit of this sin. YOU DETEST IDOLS. Babylonian captivity taught the Jews never to worship idols again!...
_Behold, thou art called a Jew._ THE JEWS ALSO WITHOUT EXCUSE Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equitable...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:22 ROB TEMPLES. Robbing temples was a common crime in the ancient world because temples contained expensive items that could be sold for profit....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:21 The Jews fail to practice the law they proclaim. Thus they will face judgment. ⇐ ⇔
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:1 Most interpreters say that Paul focuses on the sin of the Jews throughout this chapter. Another view is that the sin of the moral person (whether Jewish or Gentile) who judge...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 2:18.—κατηχούμενος, being orally instructed. Romans 2:21.—This verse may be illustrated out of the Jewish writings, for they say, “He who teacheth others what he doth not hims...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 2:1 (_b_) _Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. _Here a new stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans 1:18, begins, and is continued to the end...
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges (Romans 2:1): You see, I read this list and I say, "Oh, yes, it is horrible. My, I just don't know what we are going to do, the w...
Ezekiel 22:11; James 4:4; Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 7:10; Jeremiah 7:9;...
Sayest [λ ε γ ω ν]. The denunciation is not so pronounced. The Talmud charges the crime of adultery upon the three most illustrious Rabbins. Abhorrest [β δ ε λ υ σ σ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. The verb means origi...