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THE MESSAGE
Romans 2:24
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For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
For the Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it is written:
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.
just as the Scriptures say: "Those who are not Jews speak against God's name because of you."
For, "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written [in Scripture].
For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.
For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.
As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
It is just as the Scriptures tell us, "You have made foreigners say insulting things about God."
as it says in the Tanakh, "For it is because of you that God's name is blasphemed by the Goyim."
For the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations, according as it is written.
As the Scriptures say, "People in other nations insult God because of you."
For ye Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
The scripture says, "Because of you Jews, the Gentiles speak evil of God."
For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
For the name of God is blasphemed among the nations through you, even as it has been written: Isa. 52:5
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.
For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Goyim because of you," just as it is written.
As it is written, "God's name is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."Isaiah 52:5">[fn]2 Samuel 12:14; Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:20,23;">[xr]
For the name of Aloha through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.
For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account.
For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written.
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentile nations because of you, as Holy Writ declares.
For the name of God is blasfemed bi you among hethene men, as is writun.
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it is written.
For just as it is written, " the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you ."
For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22">[fn] as it is written.
No wonder the Scriptures say, "The Gentiles blaspheme the name of God because of you."
The Holy Writings say, "God's name is hated by the people who are not Jews because of you."
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
For the name of God, because of you, is defamed among the nations, - even as it is written.
(For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
For the name of god is evyll spoken of amonge the Gentyls thorowe you as it is written.
for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.
For thorow you is the name of God euell spoken of amonge the Gentyles, as it is wrytten.
for (as it is written) the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles by your miscarriages.
That's why the Good Book says, "Y'all Jews didn't gather the lost, you've run 'em off by giving God a bad name."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the name: Isaiah 52:5, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:16, Ezekiel 36:20-23, Matthew 18:7, 1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Timothy 6:1, Titus 2:5, Titus 2:8
as it is written: 2 Samuel 12:14
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:21 - profane Leviticus 24:11 - blasphemed Nehemiah 5:9 - reproach Psalms 39:8 - make Isaiah 48:11 - for how Ezekiel 20:27 - Yet Ezekiel 22:26 - I am profaned Amos 2:7 - to profane Malachi 1:12 - ye have 2 Peter 2:2 - pernicious ways
Cross-References
Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail.
By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work. God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done. This is the story of how it all started, of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
God commanded the Man, "You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don't eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you're dead."
"Now listen, daughter, don't miss a word: forget your country, put your home behind you. Be here—the king is wild for you. Since he's your lord, adore him. Wedding gifts pour in from Tyre; rich guests shower you with presents."
A hearty wife invigorates her husband, but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.
A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds. Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never has reason to regret it. Never spiteful, she treats him generously all her life long. She shops around for the best yarns and cottons, and enjoys knitting and sewing. She's like a trading ship that sails to faraway places and brings back exotic surprises. She's up before dawn, preparing breakfast for her family and organizing her day. She looks over a field and buys it, then, with money she's put aside, plants a garden. First thing in the morning, she dresses for work, rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started. She senses the worth of her work, is in no hurry to call it quits for the day. She's skilled in the crafts of home and hearth, diligent in homemaking. She's quick to assist anyone in need, reaches out to help the poor. She doesn't worry about her family when it snows; their winter clothes are all mended and ready to wear. She makes her own clothing, and dresses in colorful linens and silks. Her husband is greatly respected when he deliberates with the city fathers. She designs gowns and sells them, brings the sweaters she knits to the dress shops. Her clothes are well-made and elegant, and she always faces tomorrow with a smile. When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say, and she always says it kindly. She keeps an eye on everyone in her household, and keeps them all busy and productive. Her children respect and bless her; her husband joins in with words of praise: "Many women have done wonderful things, but you've outclassed them all!" Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of- God . Give her everything she deserves! Festoon her life with praises!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the name of God is blasphemed,.... The being and perfections of God, such as his holiness, omniscience, and omnipotence, are denied, or evil spoken of; and also the law of God, and the forms of worship instituted by him:
among the Gentiles through you: through their iniquities, who when they observe them, conclude that the God of Israel is not omniscient, or he would know, and take notice of these things; and that he is not holy, or he could not bear them; nor omnipotent, or he would revenge them:
as it is written; the passage or passages referred to are not mentioned, but are perhaps Isaiah 52:5. In the former of these texts the words are, "they that rule over them make them to howl; saith the Lord, and my name continually every day is blasphemed"; which are spoken of the rulers of the people, either of their ecclesiastical or political rulers, or both; and so Aben Ezra interprets them of גדולי ישראל, "the great men of Israel"; and here by the apostle are applied to their doctors and wise men: and in the latter are these words, "thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the Heathen"; that is, by their unbecoming walk and conversation, and especially by the disagreeable conduct of their principal men: and the Jews own the same things, and complain of them in much the "same language the apostle here does, saying, "they disgrace the law before the people of the earth, (the common people, or else the Gentiles,) how? a wise man sits and expounds in the congregation, saying, thou shalt not lend upon usury, and he lends upon usury; he says, thou shalt not commit a robbery, and he commits a robbery; he says, לא תגנוב, "thou shalt not steal, and he steals": says R. Berechiah, it happened to one man that his cloak was stolen from him, and he went before the judge about it, and he found it spread upon his bed or couch: and, says the same Rabbi, it happened to a certain man that his pot was stolen from him, and he went before the judge about it, and he found it upon his hearth: hence it is said, "as they were increased they sinned against me, therefore will I change their glory into shame", Hosea 4:7 d.
d Debarim Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 236. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The name of God - The name and character of the true God.
Is blasphemed - Note, Matthew 9:3. That is, your conduct is such as to lead the pagan world to blaspheme and reproach both your religion and its Author. By your hypocrisy and crimes the pagan world is led to despise a religion which is observed to have no effect in purifying and restraining its professors; and of course the reproach will terminate on the Author of your religion - that is, the true God. A life of purity would tend to honor religion and its Author; a life of impurity does the reverse. There is no doubt that this was actually the effect of the deportment of the Jews. They were scattered everywhere; everywhere they were corrupt and wicked; and everywhere they and their religion were despised.
Among the Gentiles - In the midst of whom many Jews lived.
Through you - By means of you, or as the result of your conduct. It may mean, that you Jews do it, or profane the name of God; but the connection seems rather to require the former sense.
As it is written - To what place the apostle has reference, cannot be certainly determined. There are two passages in the Old Testament; which will bear on the case, and perhaps he had them both in his view; Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22-23. The meaning is not that the passages in the Old Testament, referred to by the phrase, “as it is written,” had any particular reference to the conduct of the Jews in the time of Paul, but that this had been the character of the people, and the effect of their conduct as a nation, instances of which had been before observed and recorded by the prophets. The same thing has occurred to a most melancholy extentin regard to professed Christian nations. For purposes of commerce, and science, and war, and traffic, people from nations that are nominally Christian have gone into almost every part of the pagan world. But they have not often been real Christians. They have been intent on gain; and have to a melancholy extent been profane, and unprincipled, and profligate people. Yet the pagan have regarded them as Christians; as fair specimens of the effect of the religion of Christ. They have learned therefore, to abuse the name of Christian, and the Author of the Christian religion, as encouraging and promoting profligacy of life. Hence, one reason, among thousands, of the importance of Christian missions to the pagan. It is well to disabuse the pagan world of their erroneous opinions of the tendency of Christianity. It is well to teach them that we do not regard these people as Christians. As we have sent to them the worst part of our population, it is well to send them holy men, who shall exhibit to them the true nature of Christianity, and raise our character in their eyes as a Christian people. And were there no other result of Christian missions, it would be worth all the expense and toil attending them, to raise the national character in the view of the pagan world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. For the name of God is blasphemed, .] In Debarim rabba, sect. 2, fol. 251, it is said:-"The rulers destroy the influence of their own words among the people and this is done when a rabbin, sitting and teaching in the academy, says, Do not take usury, and himself takes it; do not commit rapine, and himself commits it; do not steal, and himself steals." That they were exceedingly lax in their morals, the following fact proves:- "Rabbi Ilai said, If a man see that his evil propensities are likely to prevail against him, let him go to some place where he is not known, and let him put on black clothes, and cover his head with a black veil; and then let him do whatsoever he pleases, lest the name of God should be publicly profaned." Moed katon, fol. 17. 1. In Sohar Levit. fol. 31, col. 122, it is said:- "On three accounts the Jews are obliged to remain in captivity -
1. Because they openly reproach the Shechinah -
2. Because they profane themselves before the Shechinah -
3. Because they turn away their faces from the Shechinah."
But it would be endless to collect from their history the proofs of the charges brought here against them by the apostle. See Whitby, Schoettgen, and others.
