Romans 2:19
and persuade yourself that you are a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, an instructor of the ignorant,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
In Context
18and know his will, and approve the things which are excellent, being taught by the law;
20a teacher of the juveniles, having a form of knowledge and truth in the law;
Cross References
Matthew 4:16the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the valley and shadow of death, light sprang up.
Matthew 6:23If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.
Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, blind guides, who are saying, Whosoever may swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor.
Luke 1:79to appear unto those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet in the way of peace.
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 →