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Text -- Romans 2:23 (NET)

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2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!
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Robertson: Rom 2:23 - -- Through thy transgression of the law ( dia tēs parabaseōs tou nomou ). Old word for stepping across a line. Trench calls attention to "the mournf...

Through thy transgression of the law ( dia tēs parabaseōs tou nomou ).

Old word for stepping across a line. Trench calls attention to "the mournfully numerous group of words"for the varieties of sin like agnoēma , ignorance, anomia , violation of law, hamartia , missing the mark, hettēma , falling short, parabasis , passing over the line, parakoē , disobedience to a voice, paranomia , putting the law aside, paraptōma , falling down, plēmmeleia , discord.

Vincent: Rom 2:23 - -- Transgression ( παραβάσεως ) Trench remarks upon " the mournfully numerous group of words" which express the different aspects of si...

Transgression ( παραβάσεως )

Trench remarks upon " the mournfully numerous group of words" which express the different aspects of sin. It is ἁμαρτια the missing of a mark ; παράβασις the overpassing of a line ; παρακοή the disobedience to a voice ; παράπτωμα a falling when one should have stood ; ἀγνόημα ignorance of what one should know ; ἥττημα a diminishing of what should be rendered in full measure ; ἀνομία or παρανομία non-observance of law ; πλημμέλεια discord.

The primary sense of the preposition παρά is beside or by , with reference to a line or extended surface. Hence it indicates that which is not on its true line but beside it, either in the way of falling short or of going beyond. Thus, in the sense of going beyond , Rom 12:3, to think more highly than he ought (παρ ' ὃ δεῖ ), where the sense of beyond is fixed by ὑπερφρονεῖν to think beyond or over ." So Luk 13:2. In the sense of falling short , Thucydides, 3, 49: " Mitylene came near such peril" (παρὰ τοσοῦτο κινδύνου ), as if parallel to the danger but not touching it. Hence παραβάσις differs from the Homeric ὑπερβασία transgression , in that the latter carries only the idea of going beyond or over . A mark or line as a standard is thus implied. Transgression implies something to transgress. With the law came in the possibility off transgressing the law. " Where there is no law there is no transgression" (Rom 4:15). Hence Adam's sin is called a transgression (Rom 5:14), because it was the violation of a definite command. Paul habitually uses the word and its kindred παραβάτης transgressor , of the transgression of a commandment distinctly given (Gal 3:19; 1Ti 2:14, Rom 2:25, Rom 2:27). Hence it is peculiarly appropriate here of one who boasts in the law . It thus differs from ἁμαρτία sin (see on sins , Mat 1:21), in that one may sin without being under express law. See Romans 5. Sin (ἁμαρτία ) was in the world until the law ; i.e. during the period prior to the law. Death reigned from Adam to Moses over those who had not sinned (ἁμαρτήσαντας ) after the similitude of Adam's transgression (παραβάσεως ). The sin is implicit , the transgression explicit .

JFB: Rom 2:17-24 - -- "But if" is, beyond doubt, the true reading here. (It differs but in a single letter from the received reading, and the sense is the same).

"But if" is, beyond doubt, the true reading here. (It differs but in a single letter from the received reading, and the sense is the same).

Calvin: Rom 2:23 - -- 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 righteo...

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 a special fault to the Jews; for as they avowed God as their Lawgiver, and yet had no care to form their life according to his rule, they clearly proved that the majesty of their God was not so regarded by them, but that they easily despised him. In the same manner do they at this day dishonor Christ, by transgressing the gospel, who prattle idly about its doctrine, while yet they tread it under foot by their unbridled and licentious mode of living.

TSK: Rom 2:23 - -- that makest : Rom 2:17, Rom 3:2, Rom 9:4; Jer 8:8, Jer 8:9; Mat 19:17-20; Luk 10:26-29, Luk 18:11; Joh 5:45; Joh 9:28, Joh 9:29; Jam 1:22-27, Jam 4:16...

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Barnes: Rom 2:23 - -- 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 esteem...

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 of the Law, they proclaimed their conviction that it was from God. By breaking it, they denied it. And as actions are a true test of man’ s real opinions, their breaking the Law did it more dishonor than their boasting of it did it honor. This is always the case. It matters little what a man’ s speculative opinions may be; his practice may do far more to disgrace religion than his profession does to honor it. It is the life and conduct, and not merely the profession of the lips, that does real honor to the true religion. Alas, with what pertinency and force may this question be put to many who call themselves Christians!

Poole: Rom 2:23 - -- 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 Rom 2:24 .

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 Rom 2:24 .

Gill: Rom 2:23 - -- 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 w...

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 their keeping of it even to perfection:

through breaking of the law dishonourest thou God? sin sometimes is expressed by a word which signifies a "fall"; sometimes by another, which signifies missing of the mark, or straying from it; sometimes by another, which signifies a "contrariety to the law" of God; and here, by one which signifies a "passing over it", and the bounds which it has set, as the rule of man's obedience; and hereby God, the lawgiver, is dishonoured: for as God is glorified by good works, when rightly performed, he is dishonoured by evil ones; for his authority, as a lawgiver, is trampled upon and despised. Now persons guilty of such iniquities as here mentioned, could not be justified before God, or accepted by him on account of any works of righteousness done by them.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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TSK Synopsis: Rom 2:1-29 - --1 No excuse for sin.6 No escape from judgment.14 Gentiles cannot;17 nor Jews.

MHCC: Rom 2:17-24 - --The apostle directs his discourse to the Jews, and shows of what sins they were guilty, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. A belie...

Matthew Henry: Rom 2:17-29 - -- In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstandi...

Barclay: Rom 2:17-29 - --To a Jew a passage like this must have come as a shattering experience. He was certain that God regarded him with special favour, simply and solely ...

Constable: Rom 1:18--3:21 - --II. THE NEED FOR GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS 1:18--3:20 Paul began his explanation of the gospel by demonstrating that t...

Constable: Rom 2:1--3:9 - --B. The need of good people 2:1-3:8 In the previous section (1:18-32), Paul showed mankind condemned for ...

Constable: Rom 2:17-29 - --2. The guilt of the Jews 2:17-29 Even though the Jews had the advantages of the Mosaic Law and circumcision, their boasting and fruitlessness offset t...

College: Rom 2:1-29 - --II. 2:1-3:8 - THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS INTRODUCTION The overall subject of the first main section of Romans is the impotence of law as a way of sa...

McGarvey: Rom 2:23 - --thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou god? [These questions bring out the flagrant inconsistencies betwe...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Romans (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Romans Spring of a.d. 57 By Way of Introduction Integrity of the Epistle The genuineness of the Epistle is so generally adm...

JFB: Romans (Book Introduction) THE GENUINENESS of the Epistle to the Romans has never been questioned. It has the unbroken testimony of all antiquity, up to CLEMENT OF ROME, the apo...

JFB: Romans (Outline) INTRODUCTION. (Rom. 1:1-17) THE JEW UNDER LIKE CONDEMNATION WITH THE GENTILE. (Rom. 2:1-29) JEWISH OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. (Rom 3:1-8) THAT THE JEW IS S...

TSK: Romans (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Romans is " a writing," says Dr. Macknight, " which, for sublimity and truth of sentiment, for brevity and strength of expression,...

TSK: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rom 2:1, No excuse for sin; Rom 2:6, No escape from judgment; Rom 2:14, Gentiles cannot; Rom 2:17, nor Jews.

Poole: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 2

MHCC: Romans (Book Introduction) The scope or design of the apostle in writing to the Romans appears to have been, to answer the unbelieving, and to teach the believing Jew; to confir...

MHCC: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-16) The Jews could not be justified by the law of Moses, any more than the Gentiles by the law of nature. (Rom 2:17-29) The sins of the Jews co...

Matthew Henry: Romans (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans If we may compare scripture with scripture, and take the opinion ...

Matthew Henry: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) The scope of the first two chapters of this epistle may be gathered from Rom 3:9, " We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all ...

Barclay: Romans (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) The Responsibility Of Privilege (Rom_2:1-11) The Unwritten Law (Rom_2:12-16) The Real Jew (Rom_2:17-29)

Constable: Romans (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background Throughout the history of the church, from postapos...

Constable: Romans (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-17 A. Salutation 1:1-7 1. The writer 1:1 ...

Constable: Romans Romans Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. 4 vols. New ed. Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1881. ...

Haydock: Romans (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE ROMANS. INTRODUCTION. After the Gospels, which contain the history of Christ, and the Acts of...

Gill: Romans (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS Though this epistle is in order placed the first of the epistles, yet it was not first written: there were several epistles ...

Gill: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS 2 This chapter contains, in general, a vindication of the justice and equity of the divine procedure against men, such as ar...

College: Romans (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION I. ROMANS: ITS INFLUENCE AND IMPORTANCE God's Word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path (Ps 119:105), and no part of it shine...

College: Romans (Outline) VIII. OUTLINE PROLOGUE - 1:1-17 I. EPISTOLARY GREETING - 1:1-7 A. The Author Introduces Himself - 1:1 1. A Slave of Christ Jesus 2. Call...

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