Romans 2:21

Thou therefore, &c. In this and the following verses St Paul does not charge every individual Rabbinist with immorality. He exposes the spirit and principles of Rabbinism, as evinced and proved only too abundantly in multitudes of lives. Not every unconverted Rabbinist was a thief or adulterer; but in one aspect or another he did not "teach himself;" allowing in his own heart principles of self-righteousness and formalism which reallycut at the root of his moral teaching of others. Meantime, the Jewish malpractices of that age were terribly real, frequent, and notorious.

preachest Lit. proclaimest: e.g. in synagogue-discourses.