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Romans 2:20

an instructor to the foolish, a teacher to children, because you have a type of knowledge and truth in the law.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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

21As a result, you teach others, but you do not teach yourself. You preach that men should not steal, but you yourself steal.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.

1 Corinthians 3:1And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants in Christ.

2 Timothy 3:5even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.

Hebrews 5:13For anyone who is still feeding on milk is still unskillful in the Word of Justice; for he is like an infant.

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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