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Berean Standard Bible

“you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?”

Romans 2:21

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In Romans 2 Paul addresses a person who is confident in being a teacher of the law and a guide to the blind. Having shown in chapter 1 that Gentiles are without excuse, he now turns to those who judge them while practicing the same things.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Tú pues, que enseñas á otro, ¿no te enseñas á ti mismo? ¿Tú, que predicas que no se ha de hurtar, hurtas?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Tú, pues, que instruyes a otros, ¿por qué no te instruyes a ti mismo? Dices que no se ha de robar, pero ¿no robas tú?

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