Romans 2:21
New International Version
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

New Living Translation
Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal?

English Standard Version
you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?

Berean Standard Bible
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Berean Literal Bible
then you teaching another, do you do not teach yourself? You preaching not to steal, do you steal?

King James Bible
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

New King James Version
You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

New American Standard Bible
you, therefore, who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one is not to steal, do you steal?

NASB 1995
you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

NASB 1977
you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one should not steal, do you steal?

Legacy Standard Bible
you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

Amplified Bible
well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?

Christian Standard Bible
you then, who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach, “You must not steal”—do you steal?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
you then, who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach, “You must not steal"—do you steal?

American Standard Version
thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You therefore who are teaching others, you do not teach yourself. You who are preaching that people should not steal, you are stealing!

Contemporary English Version
But how can you teach others when you refuse to learn? You preach it is wrong to steal. But do you steal?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou therefore that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou that preachest that men should not steal, stealest:

English Revised Version
thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As you teach others, are you failing to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, are you stealing?

Good News Translation
You teach others--why don't you teach yourself? You preach, "Do not steal"--but do you yourself steal?

International Standard Version
as you teach others, do you fail to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, do you steal?

Literal Standard Version
You, then, who are teaching another, do you not teach yourself?

Majority Standard Bible
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

New American Bible
then you who teach another, are you failing to teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

NET Bible
therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

New Revised Standard Version
you, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?

New Heart English Bible
You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou therefore who teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

Weymouth New Testament
you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?

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?

Young's Literal Translation
Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Jews and the Law
20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?…

Cross References
Psalm 50:17
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Isaiah 42:20
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear."

Matthew 23:3
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.


Treasury of Scripture

You therefore which teach another, teach you not yourself? you that preach a man should not steal, do you steal?

therefore.

Psalm 50:16-21
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? …

Matthew 23:3
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Luke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

dost thou steal.

Isaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Ezekiel 22:12,13,27
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD…

Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, …

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Romans 2
1. No excuse for sin.
6. No escape from judgment.
14. Gentiles cannot;
17. nor Jews.














(21) Therefore.--See above on Romans 2:17.

Verse 21. - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? The οῦν here does not involve an anacoluthon after the reading εἴ δὲ in ver. 17, though St. Paul would not have much cared if it had been so. It serves only to sum up the lengthened protasis, and introduce the apodosis: "If... dost thou then," etc.? In what follows it is not, of course, implied that all Jews who relied on the Law were, in fact, thieves, adulterers, etc., but only that the Jews as a nation were no more exempt from such sins than others; and it may be that those specified were not selected by the apostle at random, but as being such as the Jews had a peculiar evil notoriety for at that time. Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
{you,} then,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

who
(ho)
Article - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

teach
διδάσκων (didaskōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

others,
ἕτερον (heteron)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different.

do you not teach
διδάσκεις (didaskeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

yourself?
σεαυτὸν (seauton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4572: Of yourself.

You who
(ho)
Article - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

preach
κηρύσσων (kēryssōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2784: To proclaim, herald, preach. Of uncertain affinity; to herald, especially divine truth.

against
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

stealing,
κλέπτειν (kleptein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 2813: To steal. A primary verb; to filch.

do you steal?
κλέπτεις (klepteis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2813: To steal. A primary verb; to filch.


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