Romans 2:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 2:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 2:23 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 2:23 — KJV
“Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?”
— Romans 2:23 (KJV)
Romans 2:23 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 2:23
“Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,”
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“For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.”
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“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
Shares key themes with Romans 2:23: law, through, god
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”
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“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”
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