Romans 2:18
know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
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In Context
17Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
19and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:8What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?
Psalms 19:8The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 147:19He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
Luke 12:47That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
Romans 15:4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance 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 →