Roma 1:22

1:22 Although they claimed ¹  to be wise, they became fools

Roma 2:19-23

2:19 and if you are convinced ²  that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 2:20 an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth – 2:21 therefore ³  you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 2:22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor ⁴  idols, do you rob temples? 2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

[1:22]  ¹ tn The participle φάσκοντες (faskonte") is used concessively here.

[2:19]  ² tn This verb is parallel to the verbs in vv. 17-18a, so it shares the conditional meaning even though the word “if” is not repeated.

[2:21]  ³ 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).

[2:22]  ⁴ tn Or “detest.”