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18 and aknow His will, and bapprove the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,  
19 and aare confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,  
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, ahaving the form of knowledge and truth in the law.  
21 aYou, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?  
22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, ado you rob temples?  
23 You who amake your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?  
24 For a“the name of God is bblasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.  

Circumcision of No Avail

25 aFor circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.  
26 Therefore, aif an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?  
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Romans 2:17-24

Paul was speaking to those Jews who were not yet converted. At least, we hope that they were not yet converted and that they had opportunity yet to repent of those things. But this makes it very plain that God's name is hallowed—or profaned—by our conduct. The third commandment is kept—or broken—by the same. This is the commandment that tests the quality of our witness.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Holiness (Part 1)

Related Topics: God's Name Hallowed by Our Conduct | God's Name Profaned by Our Conduct | Holiness | Holiness as Conduct | Quality of Our Witness | The Third Commandment | Third Commandment



Romans 2:17-24

By our conduct, we hallow or profane God's name. We keep or break the third commandment the same way. This commandment sets the standard for our witness and tests its quality. God's name is the standard. If we take the name of God and use it in any way that denies its true meaning and God's character, we are either breaking this commandment or are on the way to doing so.

People can judge and accuse, saying, "This is God's church, and they do such things? If this is the true church, why doesn't God do something about it?" He is patient and longsuffering, and He will do something about it. He will save His people for His name's sake, but it will hurt.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Third Commandment

Related Topics: Bearing False Witness | Bearing God's Name | Blaspheming God's Name | Character of Our Conduct | Conduct | Glorifying God in Our Conduct | God's Name, Hallowing | Hallowing God's Name | Name as Bearer's Reputation | Taking God's Name in Vain | The Third Commandment | Third Commandment | Vain, Taking God's Name in | Witness , Quality of Our | Witness, Quality of




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Romans 2:20:

Acts 17:11
James 1:22-25


 
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