Romans 2:20
an instructor of the foolish, and a teacher of children, because yoʋ have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
21Yoʋ then who teach others, do yoʋ not teach yoʋrself? Yoʋ who preach against stealing, do yoʋ steal?
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise yoʋ, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because yoʋ have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to infants.
1 Corinthians 3:1And so, brothers, I could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid such people.
Hebrews 5:13Anyone who lives on milk is unacquainted with the teaching about righteousness, for he is 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 →