Romans 2:18

and you have known his will, and you demonstrate the more useful things, having been instructed by the law:

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

In Context

17But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God,

19you become confident within yourself that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes?

Psalms 19:8Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

Luke 12:47And that servant, who knew the will of his Lord, and who did not prepare and did not act according to his will, will be beaten many times over.

Romans 15:4For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we 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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