Romans 2:17 Cross References

Romans 2:17

17: If you are a Jew, you are relying on God's law for your special relationship with him. You boast that all is well between yourself and God.

Micah 3:11

  1. You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."

Romans 2:23

  1. You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.

Isaiah 48:1

  1. "Listen to me, O family of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and call on the God of Israel. You don't follow through on any of your promises,
  2. even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD Almighty.

John 5:45

  1. "Yet it is not I who will accuse you of this before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, on whom you set your hopes.

Matthew 3:9

  1. Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.

Romans 9:4

  1. They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God's special children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave his law to them. They have the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
  2. Their ancestors were great people of God, and Christ himself was a Jew as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
  3. Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to the Jews? No, for not everyone born into a Jewish family is truly a Jew!
  4. Just the fact that they are descendants of Abraham doesn't make them truly Abraham's children. For the Scriptures say, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted," though Abraham had other children, too.

Zephaniah 3:11

  1. And then you will no longer need to be ashamed of yourselves, for you will no longer be rebels against me. I will remove all the proud and arrogant people from among you. There will be no pride on my holy mountain.

Ephesians 2:11

  1. Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.

Galatians 2:15

  1. You and I are Jews by birth, not 'sinners' like the Gentiles.

John 8:41

  1. No, you are obeying your real father when you act that way." They replied, "We were not born out of wedlock! Our true Father is God himself."

Isaiah 45:25

  1. In the LORD all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.

John 7:19

  1. None of you obeys the law of Moses! In fact, you are trying to kill me."

Revelation 2:9

  1. "I know about your suffering and your poverty--but you are rich! I know the slander of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they really aren't because theirs is a synagogue of Satan.

Luke 10:28

  1. "Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you will live!"

Revelation 3:9

  1. Look! I will force those who belong to Satan--those liars who say they are Jews but are not--to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.

2 Corinthians 11:22

  1. They say they are Hebrews, do they? So am I. And they say they are Israelites? So am I. And they are descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Matthew 8:11

  1. And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
  2. But many Israelites--those for whom the Kingdom was prepared--will be cast into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Jeremiah 7:4

  1. But do not be fooled by those who repeatedly promise your safety because the Temple of the LORD is here.
  2. I will be merciful only if you stop your wicked thoughts and deeds and are fair to others;
  3. and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.
  4. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
  5. " `Do you think that because the Temple is here you will never suffer? Don't fool yourselves!

John 8:33

  1. "But we are descendants of Abraham," they said. "We have never been slaves to anyone on earth. What do you mean, 'set free'?"

Psalms 135:4

  1. For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.

John 9:28

  1. Then they cursed him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
  2. We know God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don't know anything about him."

Romans 2:28

  1. For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish ceremony of circumcision.
  2. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not a cutting of the body but a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. Whoever has that kind of change seeks praise from God, not from people.

Romans 9:32

  1. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

Philippians 3:3

  1. For we who worship God in the Spirit are the only ones who are truly circumcised. We put no confidence in human effort. Instead, we boast about what Christ Jesus has done for us.
  2. Yet I could have confidence in myself if anyone could. If others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!
  3. For I was circumcised when I was eight days old, having been born into a pure-blooded Jewish family that is a branch of the tribe of Benjamin. So I am a real Jew if there ever was one! What's more, I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.
  4. And zealous? Yes, in fact, I harshly persecuted the church. And I obeyed the Jewish law so carefully that I was never accused of any fault.
  5. I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.

Revelation 3:1

  1. "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive--but you are dead.
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