Romans 2:18

and know his will, and approve what is excellent, being instructed by the law:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

In Context

17But if you are named Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast in God.

19if you are also confident that you yourself are a guide for the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

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Cross References

Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his lord’s will, but made no preparation, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

Romans 15:4For the things which were formerly written, were written for our instruction, that we, through the patience and the comfort which the scriptures give, might have hope.

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →

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