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MAKEST THY BOAST ... - To boast in the Law implied their conviction of
its excellence and obligation, as a man does not boast of what he
esteems to be of no value.
DISHONOUREST THOU GOD - By boasting...
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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 .)...
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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...
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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
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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...
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THROUGH. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Romans 2:1.
BREAKING, &C.. the transgression (Greek. _parabasia._ Compare
App-128.:3) of the law.
DISHONOUREST. Greek. _atimazo._ See Romans 1:24....
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_dishonourest_ DISGRACEST. The crimes of Jews made their Lord's "name
to be blasphemed among the Gentiles;" as, alas, the name of Christ is,
for exactly similar reasons, often blasphemed among the hea...
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17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through
ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
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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...
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ἈΤΙΜΆΖΕΙΣ; S. H. and Giff. support ἀτιμάζεις. and
treat it as a direct statement summing up the points of the preceding
questions. Yet the interrogative form is more forcible here too. The
claim expli...
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ΚΑΥΧΆΣΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΥΧΆΟΜΑΙ
(G2744) хвастать. _Praes._ подчеркивает
констатацию факта, что они хвалились.
ΠΑΡΑΒΆΣΕΩΣ (G3847) _gen. sing._ преступление,
нарушение. С последующим _o...
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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...
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_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...
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_THOU THAT MAKEST THY BOAST OF THE LAW, THROUGH BREAKING THE LAW
DISHONOUREST THOU GOD?_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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_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...
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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...
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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 *...
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DISHONOUREST THOU GOD? — This verse has been regarded, not as a
question, but as a summary answer to the previous questions, “You,
who make all this boast in the Law, by breaking the Law, dishonour
Go...
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Here again the construction is changed, and probably the use of the
relative instead of the participle suggests that the sentence is to be
read, not as interrogative, but as declaratory. “Thou who mak...
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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...
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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...
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“ _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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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23._Thou who gloriest in the law, etc. _Though every transgressor
dishonors God, (for we are all born for this end — to serve him in
righteousness and holiness;) yet he justly imputes in this respect...
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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...
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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 t...
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Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law
dishonourest thou God?
Ver. 23. _Through breaking_] By shooting short, or beyond, or wide of
the mark; by omission, commission, or fail...
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_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...
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THOU THAT MAKEST THY BOAST OF THE LAW, THROUGH BREAKING THE LAW
DISHONOREST THOU GOD?...
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The guilt of the Jews:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dost thou bring a reproach upon religion, and give occasion to the
Gentiles to blaspheme his name? So it follows in the next words. See
ROMANS 2:24....
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thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law
dishonorest thou god? [These questions bring out the flagrant
inconsistencies between Jewish preaching and practice. Teaching others...
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Origen Against Celsus Book VIII
But that the honour which we pay to the Son of God, as well as that
which we render to God the Father, consists of an upright course of
life, is plainly taught us by t...
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Romans 2:23 You G3739 boast G2744 (G5736) in G1722 law G3551 dishonor
G818 (G5719) God G2316 through...
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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...
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‘You, who are boasting in the law, are through your transgression of
the law dishonouring God.'
This may in fact be a question (‘are you through your transgression
dishonouring God?') or a statement ...
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Romans 2:23. THOU THAT BOASTEST IN. Comp. Romans 2:17.
Through THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW DISHONOREST THOU GOD? or, ‘thou
dishonorest God.' It is difficult to decide whether this verse is a
question...
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_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...
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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...
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THROUGH THY TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW
(δια της παραβασεως του νομου). Old word for
stepping across a line. Trench calls attention to "the mournfully
numerous group of words" for the varieties of sin...
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BREAKING THE LAW
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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YOU BOAST ABOUT. They were proud of the fact that God had given them
the Law. But they shamed God by the way they lived their lives....
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_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...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:21 The Jews fail to practice the law they
proclaim. Thus they will face judgment.
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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James 1:22; James 4:16; James 4:17; Jeremiah 8:8; Jeremiah 8:9;...
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Transgression [π α ρ α β α σ ε ω ς]. Trench remarks upon
"the mournfully numerous group of words" which express the different
aspects of sin. It is aJmartia the missing of a mark; parabasiv the
overpa...