A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 • SECTION 70

CHAP. 2: 17—29.

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*7Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, ^^and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law ; ^^and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, ^^an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. ^iThou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself! thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal 1 ^a-phou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege ? ^sThou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God 1 ^^por the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 2^For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law : but if thou be

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