Romans 2:23
Romans · New Testament · Chapter 2
“Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?”Romans 2:23
What Does Romans 2:23 Mean?
Romans 2:23 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 2, verse 23 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Romans 2:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 3:27“Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”Romans 2:17“Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,”James 4:16“But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.”Matthew 18:7“Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!”John 5:45“Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.”Romans 3:2“Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.”Romans 9:4“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;”Acts 7:53“Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”Romans 2:25“For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”Leviticus 13:32“And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;”Psalms 39:8“Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.”Jeremiah 8:8“How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.”Matthew 19:17“And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”Luke 10:26“He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?”Luke 18:11“The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.”John 9:28“Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.”Romans 1:30“Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,”James 1:22“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
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