Romans 2:22

Romans 2:22

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.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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That abhorrest (o bdelussomenov). Old word to make foul, to stink, to have abhorrence for. In LXX, in N.T. only here and Revelation 21:8. The very word used by Jesus to express their horror of idols (eidwla, see on Acts 7:41; I Corinthians 12:2). See Matthew 24:15 for "abomination."

Dost thou rob temples? (ierosuleis). Old verb from ierosulov (Acts 19:37) and that from ieron, temple, and sulaw, to rob. The town clerk (Acts 19:37) said that these Jews (Paul and his companions) were "not robbers of temples," proof that the charge was sometimes made against Jews, though expressly forbidden the Jews (Josephus, Ant. IV. 8, 10). Paul refers to the crime of robbing idol temples in spite of the defilement of contact with idolatry.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 2:22:**

Acts 19:37
1 Peter 4:3
Revelation 21:8

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