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Romans 2:23-25
Lexham English Bible
Romans 2:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 Who boast in the law, by the transgression of the law you dishonor God![a] 24 For just as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[b]
25 For circumcision is of value if you do the law, but if you should be a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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- Romans 2:23 Or “do you dishonor God?” (a number of translators and interpreters take this phrase as a final rhetorical question; the present translation regards it as a final summary statement to be taken ironically)
- Romans 2:24 A quotation from Isa 52:5
Romans 2:23-25
New International Version
Romans 2:23-25
New International Version
23 You who boast in the law,(A) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](B)
25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(C) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(D)
Footnotes
- Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22
Romans 2:23-25
King James Version
Romans 2:23-25
King James Version
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
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Romans 2:23-25
New King James Version
Romans 2:23-25
New King James Version
23 You who (A)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For (B)“the name of God is (C)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.
Circumcision of No Avail
25 (D)For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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Romans 2:23-25
English Standard Version
Romans 2:23-25
English Standard Version
23 You who (A)boast in the law (B)dishonor God by breaking the law. 24 For, (C)as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed (D)among the Gentiles because of you.”
25 For circumcision indeed is of value (E)if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
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