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And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

And {G2532} teach {G2605} customs {G1485}, which {G3739} are {G1832} not {G3756} lawful {G1832} for us {G2254} to receive {G3858}, neither {G3761} to observe {G4160}, being {G5607} Romans {G4514}.

What they are doing is advocating customs that are against the law for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

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Cross-References

  • Esther 3:8 (5 votes)

    And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it [is] not for the king's profit to suffer them.

  • Acts 26:3 (2 votes)

    Especially [because I know] thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

  • Acts 16:12 (2 votes)

    And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

  • Jeremiah 10:3 (2 votes)

    For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.