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The Book of Romans, Chapter 2, Verse 17

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In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
King James Version
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
American Standard Version
But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,
New English Translation
What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?
World English Bible
Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,
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And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
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Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
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Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
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For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
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For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
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Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
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And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?