Romans 2:17

The Condemnation of the Jew

2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

Romans 2:23

2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

Romans 5:3

5:3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

Romans 5:11

5:11 Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.


sn The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

tn Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.

tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

tn Or “exult, boast.”

tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

tn Or “exult, boast.”