Romans 2:18

Yoʋ know his will and approve what is excellent, because yoʋ are instructed from the law.

Text-Critical English NT

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

17Behold, yoʋ call yoʋrself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God.

19And yoʋ have confidence that yoʋ yoʋrself are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,

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Cross References

Luke 12:47That servant who knew his master's will, but did not prepare himself or act according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes.

Romans 15:4For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the 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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