22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, (A)do you rob temples? 23 You who (B)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For (C)“the name of God is (D)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

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22 You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you (A)rob temples? 23 You who (B)boast [a]in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? 24 For “(C)the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles (D)because of you,” just as it is written.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:23 Or in law

22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(A) 23 You who boast in the law,(B) 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](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22

22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

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.

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And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

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Many will follow their (A)indecent behavior, and because of them (B)the way of the truth will be (C)maligned;

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Many will follow their depraved conduct(A) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

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