Romans 2:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thou that makest thy boast of ye lawe, through breakyng the lawe dishonorest God.

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  • Rom 2:17 : 17 Behold, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the lawe, and makest thy boast of God,
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much euery way. First, for because yt vnto them were committed ye wordes of God.
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 Which are the Israelites: To whom pertayneth the adoption, and the glory, & the couenauntes, and the lawe that was geuen, and the seruice of God, and the promises.
  • John 5:45 : 45 Do not thinke that I wyll accuse you to my father: There is one that accuseth you, euen Moyses, in who ye trust.
  • John 9:28-29 : 28 Then rayted they hym, and sayde, Be thou his disciple: We are Moyses disciples. 29 We are sure, that God spake vnto Moyses: As for this felowe, we knowe not from whence he is.
  • Jas 1:22-27 : 22 And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues. 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse: 24 For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was. 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede. 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout, and refrayneth not his tongue, but deceaueth his owne heart, this mans deuotion is vayne. 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.
  • Jas 4:16-17 : 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll. 17 Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good, and doth it not, to hym it is sinne.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 Howe dare ye say then, we are wyse, we haue the lawe of the Lorde among vs? Truely in vayne hath he prepared his penne, and vainely haue the writers written it. 9 Therefore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afraide and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde, what wisdome can then be among them?
  • Matt 19:17-20 : 17 He sayde vnto hym: why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, and that is God. But yf thou wylt enter into lyfe, kepe the commaundementes. 18 He sayth vnto hym: Which? Iesus sayde: Thou shalt do no murther, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse, 19 Honour father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. 20 The young man sayth vnto hym: All these thynges haue I kept, from my youth vp: what lacke I yet?
  • Luke 10:26-29 : 26 What is written in the lawe, howe readest thou? 27 And he aunswered, and saide: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, & with all thy strength, and with al thy mynde, and thy neyghbour as thy selfe. 28 And he sayde vnto hym, Thou hast aunswered ryght: this do, and thou shalt lyue. 29 But he, wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe, said vnto Iesus: and who is my neighbour?
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.

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  • Rom 2:17-22
    6 verses
    83%

    17Behold, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the lawe, and makest thy boast of God,

    18And knowest his wyll, and alowest the thinges that be excellent, infourmed by the lawe:

    19And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse,

    20An infourmer of them whiche lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned: which hast the fourme of knowledge, & of the trueth in the lawe.

    21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest not thy selfe? Thou preachest a man shoulde not steale, yet thou stealest.

    22Thou that sayest a man shoulde not commit adulterie, breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest idoles, and yet robbest God of his honour.

  • Rom 2:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

    24For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written.

    25For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the vncircumcisio kepe the ordinaunces of the law, shall not his vncircumcisio be counted for circumcisio?

    27And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it kepe the law, iudge thee, which beyng vnder the letter & circumcision, doest transgresse the lawe?

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Therefore art thou inexcusable, O ma, whosoeuer thou be that iudgest. For in that same wherin thou iudgest another, thou condempnest thy self. For thou that iudgest, doest euen ye selfe same thynges.

    2But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth, against them which commit such thynges.

    3Thinkest thou this, O thou man that iudgest them whiche do such thynges, and doest the same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

  • Jas 2:7-11
    5 verses
    74%

    7Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named?

    8If ye fulfyll the royal lawe, according to the scripture, thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye do well:

    9But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours.

    10Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie of all.

    11For he that sayde, thou shalt not commit adulterie: sayde also, thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kyll, thou art become a transgressour of the lawe.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust.

  • Gal 6:13
    71%

    13For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.

  • Mal 2:8-9
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    8But ye haue gone out of the way, ye haue caused many to fall by the lawe: ye haue corrupted the couenaunt of Leui, saith the Lorde of hoastes.

    9Therefore haue I also made you despised and vyle before all the people, because you kept not my wayes, but haue ben parciall in the lawe.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21Tell me, ye that desire to be vnder the lawe, do ye not heare the lawe?

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll.

  • Ezek 22:8
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    8Thou hast dispised my holy thynges, and defiled my Sabbathes.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For whosoeuer hath sinned without lawe, shall also perishe without lawe: And as many as haue sinned in ye lawe, shalbe iudged by the lawe.

    13(For in the sight of God, they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe: but the doers of the lawe shalbe iustified.

    14For when the Gentiles, which haue not the lawe, do of nature the thynges conteyned in the lawe: they hauing not the lawe, are a lawe vnto them selues.

  • Rom 3:7
    69%

    7For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye, vnto his glory, why am I as yet iudged as a sinner?

  • 2 Cor 10:17
    69%

    17But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde.

  • Rom 3:20
    69%

    20Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
    69%

    7For who seperateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receaued? If thou haue receaued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receaued it?

  • Gal 2:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17If then, whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe, we our selues are founde sinners: is therfore Christe the minister of sinne? God forbyd.

    18For yf I builde agayne the thynges which I destroyed, then make I my selfe a trespasser.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
    69%

    31That accordyng as it is written: he that reioyceth, let hym reioyce in the Lorde.

  • Rom 3:27
    69%

    27Where is then thy boastyng? It is excluded. By what lawe? Of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of fayth.

  • Gal 3:12
    69%

    12And the lawe is not of fayth: but the man that doth them, shall lyue in them.

  • 1 John 3:4
    68%

    4Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the lawe: for sinne is the transgression of the lawe.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    68%

    17If any man defyle the temple of God, hym shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

  • Rom 6:15
    68%

    15What then? Shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace? God forbyd.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
    68%

    6Your reioycing is not good. Knowe ye not, that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?

  • 1 Cor 5:2
    68%

    2And ye swell, and haue not rather sorowed, that he that hath so done this deede myght be put from among you.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.

  • Gal 3:10
    68%

    10For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe, are vnder the curse. For it is writte: Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe, to do them.

  • Matt 15:6
    68%

    6And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition.

  • Gal 3:21
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    21Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe.

  • Rom 3:31
    68%

    31Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth? God forbyd: But we rather mayntayne the lawe.

  • Gal 5:4
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    4Christe is become but vayne to you, as many of you as are iustified by the lawe, are fallen from grace.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29That no fleshe shoulde reioyce in his presence.

  • Job 11:3
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    3Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?