Romans 2:20

and an instructor of the wanting-in-mind, and a teacher of children, and hast a type of knowledge and of truth in the law:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

In Context

19and confidest upon thyself that thou art a guide of the blind, and a light to those who are in darkness,

21Thou, then, who teachest others, dost thou not teach thyself? and who preachest that men should not steal, dost thou steal?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25IN that time Jeshu answered and said, I praise thee, my Father, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou hast concealed these (things) from the wise and prudent, but hast revealed them unto little children.

1 Corinthians 3:1AND I, my brethren, could not speak with you as with the spiritual, but as with the carnal, and as with babes in the Meshiha.

2 Timothy 3:5having a form of the worship of Aloha, but from the power of Aloha afar off: (them) who are such put from thee.

Hebrews 5:13But every one whose food is milk is not versed in the doctrine of righteousness, because he is a babe.

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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