Romans 2:18

that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God,

19and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in darkness,

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Cross References

Luke 12:47And the servant that knew his lord's pleasure, and did not prepare for him according to his pleasure, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Romans 15:4For every thing written of old, was written for our instruction; that we, by patience and by the consolation of the scriptures, might possess 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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