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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

Romans 2:17

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Romans 2:17 (WEB)

Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,

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John Chrysostom

  • “Thou that makest thy boast of the Law, through breaking of the Law dishonorest thou God?” ( Rom. ii. 17, 21, 23.)” — the author cites it

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  • “For which Paul also blames them, saying, “Behold thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest His will:”“Who then are these men?” you ask.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 17, 18. [R.V., “But if thou bearest the name of a Jew,” etc., following the reading ε δ, which is abundantly attested. Chrysostom has ἴδεἀγπη.—R.]

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Basil the Great

  • “In Paul we read, “In God who created all things,” and, “Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father;” and “if now at length I might have a prosperous journey by (ἐν) the will of God to come to you;” and, “Thou makest thy boast of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 17.

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