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Romans 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,


Romans 2:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 2:1712 words
GreekMeaning
ΕἰEi
forasmuch as, if, thatwordG1487
δὲde
and / butwordG1161
σὺsy
you yourselfpronounG4771
ἸουδαῖοςIoudaios
a JewadjectiveG2453
ἐπονομάζῃeponomazē
are calledverbG2028
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐπαναπαύῃepanapauē
you rely onverbG1879
νόμῳnomō
lawnounG3551
καὶkai
andwordG2532
καυχᾶσαιkauchasai
you boastverbG2744
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
θεῷtheō
GodnounG2316
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 2:17

After saying that the Gentile wants nothing appertaining to salvation if he be a doer of the Law, and after making that wonderful comparison, he goes on to set down the glories of the Jews, owing to which they thought scorn of the Gentiles: and first the very name itself, which was of great majesty, as the name Christian is now. For even then the distinction which the appellation made was great. And so he begins from this, and see how he takes it down. For he does not say,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 6 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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