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22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast of the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 (A)For, as it is written, “Because of you the name of God is reviled among the Gentiles.”[a]

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  1. 2:24 According to Is 52:5 the suffering of Israel prompts her enemies to revile God. Paul uses the passage in support of his point that the present immorality of Israelites is the cause of such defamation.

22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(A) 23 You who boast in the law,(B) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22