Romans 2:17
Romans 2:17 New Century Version (NCV)
What about you? You call yourself a Jew. You trust in the law of Moses and brag that you are close to God.
Romans 2:17-24 The Message (MSG)
If you’re brought up Jewish, don’t assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you’re an insider to God’s revelation, a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines! I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God’s revealed Word inside and out, feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God. While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I’m quite serious. While preaching “Don’t steal!” are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you? The same with adultery. The same with idolatry. You can get by with almost anything if you front it with eloquent talk about God and his law. The line from Scripture, “It’s because of you Jews that the outsiders frown on God,” shows it’s an old problem that isn’t going to go away.
Romans 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God
Romans 2:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God
Romans 2:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God
Romans 2:17 New International Version (NIV)
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God
Romans 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God
Romans 2:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God
Romans 2:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him.