Romans 2:17

¹⁷אֲבָל אִם אַתָּה נִקְרָא יְהוּדִי וְאַתָּה נִשְׁעָן עַל הַתּוֹרָה וּמִתְהַלֵּל בֵּאלֹהִים,

Romans 2 is Paul’s devastating dismantling of moral presumption. Having indicted the pagan world in chapter 1, he now turns the courtroom spotlight on the moralist — the Jew, the religious person, the one who nods along at God’s judgment on others. Paul argues that knowledge of God’