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The Danger of Spiritual Pride
Paul begins by listing the privileges the Jews cherished: their name, their possession of the Law, and their knowledge of God. Commentators explain this is a rhetorical strategy to expose a dangerous spiritual pride. Their 'boasting in God' was not humble gratitude but a proud claim of exclusive favor, which Matthew Henry calls 'the root and sum of all hypocrisy.'
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Romans
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 2:17
18th Century
Theologian
Behold. Having thus stated the general principles on which God would judge the world; having shown how they condemned the Gentile…
AT Robertson
On Romans 2:17
Bearest the name (επονομαζη). Present passive indicative in condition of first class of επονομαζω, old word, to put a name upon (ε…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 2:17
19th Century
Bishop
Behold.—An interesting case of a corrupt reading that has found its way into the Authorized Version. Instead of “behold,” a decisi…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 2:17
Paul now begins to dialogue with a representative Jew, and his razorsharp irony is superb for its deftness. He first builds up the Jew, citing his …
John Calvin
On Romans 2:17
16th Century
Theologian
Behold, you are named a Jew, etc. Some old copies read εἰ δὲ, though indeed; which, if it were generally received, would…
John Gill
On Romans 2:17
17th Century
Pastor
Behold, you are called a Jew
From here to the end of the chapter the Jews are particularly addressed; their several …
Matthew Henry
On Romans 2:17–24
17th Century
Minister
The apostle addresses the Jews and reveals what sins they were guilty of, despite their profession and empty claims.
A believing, humble, th…