For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep,.... These words are spoken hypothetically; if any such persons could be found among the Gentiles who keep the whole law of God; and can only be absolutely…
Barnes' Notes
The name of God - The name and character of the true God. Is blasphemed - Note, Mat 9:3. That is, your conduct is such as to lead the pagan world to blaspheme and reproach both your religion and its…
Adam Clarke
For the name of God is blasphemed, etc. - 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,…
In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had…
Cambridge Bible
as it is written In Eze 36:20-23. In that passage the special reference is to the evil example of the dispersed Jews of the captivity.
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