Romans 2:20

an instructor of the simple, a teacher of the unlearned, because you have the form of true knowledge in the law;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

In Context

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

21you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you, as to spiritual men, but as to those who are carnal, as to babes in Christ.

2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness, but denying its power: from these also turn away.

Hebrews 5:13For every one that partakes of milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

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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