Romans 2:18

and, having been carefully instructed from the Law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.

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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, perhaps, you bear the name of ‘Jew,’ and are relying on Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,

19Perhaps you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in the dark, an instructor of the unintelligent,

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Cross References

Psalms 19:8The behests of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The command of the Lord is pure, giving light to the eyes.

Psalms 119:104Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.

Psalms 147:19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgments to Israel.

Luke 12:47The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;

Romans 15:4Whatever was written in the scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the scriptures, we might hold fast to our 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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