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The Book of Romans, Chapter 2, Verse 21

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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.
King James Version
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
American Standard Version
thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
New English Translation
For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?
World English Bible
You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you 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?
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For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
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But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.
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What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?
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Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.