Romans 2:21
ContextNET © | therefore 1 you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? |
NIV © | you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? |
NASB © | you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? |
NLT © | Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal? |
MSG © | While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I'm quite serious. While preaching "Don't steal!" are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you? |
BBE © | You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours? |
NRSV © | you, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? |
NKJV © | You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | therefore 1 you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The structure of vv. 21-24 is difficult. Some take these verses as the apodosis of the conditional clauses (protases) in vv. 17-20; others see vv. 17-20 as an instance of anacoluthon (a broken off or incomplete construction). |