<p>2:22 <i>You that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?</i>- Sexual double standards is perhaps the most obvious example of hypocrisy. Remember the context of this passage- the list of awful sexual sins at the end of chapter 1 lead Paul in to a discourse on the sin of condemning others for their sins, his point being that to do so was a despising of God&rsquo;s grace; and that by condemning others for their sin we are in fact guilty of that same sin. And so Paul could be meaning that if we condemn individuals for adultery, it is as if we have ourselves committed adultery, for this would be in harmony with what he has taught earlier in this section (see on 1:32).</p><p><i>You that dread idols</i>- Jewish Rabbis like Paul were well known for their obsession with making any image of God.</p><p><i>Do you rob temples?</i>- The theme which connects the three examples given by Paul is that of stealing, taking that which isn&rsquo;t yours. &lsquo;Do you steal?&rsquo; (v.21) connects with &lsquo;Do you commit adultery?&rsquo; because adultery is a stealing of that which isn&rsquo;t yours but which belongs to your neighbour (1 Thess. 4:6); and robbing temples is likewise stealing. Stealing was and is seen in the Middle East as the social evil and crime which could be shouted out against the most. Indeed in many cultures there is some equivalent of the English &ldquo;Stop thief&rdquo;.&nbsp;<br />Temple robbery was something Jews were accused of (Acts 19:37)- according to Josephus they were renowned for it, justifying it on the basis that the gods who &lsquo;owned&rsquo; the treasures did not in fact exist (<i>Antiquities</i>&nbsp;4:8, 10). So it&rsquo;s appropriate Paul would choose this example- condemning others, in this case for idolatry, but to our own personal advantage.<br /></p>