19 and if you are sure that you yourself are (A)a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law (B)the embodiment of (C)knowledge and truth— 21 (D)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you (E)rob temples? 23 You who (F)boast in the law (G)dishonor God by breaking the law. 24 For, (H)as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed (I)among the Gentiles because of you.”

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