Romans 2:18

and know his will and approve of what is excellent because you have been instructed from the law;

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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 if you call yourself a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,

19and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8What other great nation is there that has laws and decrees so righteous as all this law that I am setting before you today?

Psalms 19:8The instructions of Yahweh are right, making the heart glad; 1 the commandment of Yahweh is pure, bringing light to the eyes. 1

Psalms 119:104Through your instructions I gain discernment; 1 therefore I hate every false way. NUN 1

Psalms 147:19He proclaimed his word to Jacob, 1 his statutes and his righteous decrees to Israel. 1

Luke 12:47That servant, having known his lord's will, and not having prepared or done according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.

Romans 15:4For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures we would have certain 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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