Romans 2:18

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

Darby Translation

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 *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,

19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who [are] in darkness,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?

Psalms 19:8The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Psalms 119:104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

Psalms 147:19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Luke 12:47But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];

Romans 15:4For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement 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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