What is the meaning of rom 2:22 thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
hierosyleō - to "rob temples".
You denounce the practice of adultery, but are you sure of your own purity? You loathe idolatry, but how honest are you towards the property of heathen temples? (Rom 2:22 Philips)
"ὁβδελυσσόμενοςτὰεἴδωλαἱεροσυλεῖς] Thou, who abhorrest idols, dost thou plunder temples? This is necessarily to be understood of the plundering of idols temples, with Chrysostom, Theophylact,(701) Clericus, Wetstein, Koppe, Rosenmüller, Fritzsche, de Wette, Tholuck, Philippi; Mehring (Rückert indecisively); as is required by the antithetic relation in which ἱεροσυλεῖς stands to the βδελυσσό΄. τὰ εἴδωλα. Thou who holdest all contact with idols as a detestable pollutiondost thou lay plundering hands on their temples? Abhorrence of idols and (not, it might be, temple-destruction, Deuteronomy 7:25, but greedy) temple-plundering(702)"
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
