Romans 2:20

a schoolmaster for the dull and ignorant, a teacher of the young, because in the Law you possess an outline of real knowledge and an outline of the truth:

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 have persuaded yourself that, as for you, you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

21you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.

1 Corinthians 3:1And as for myself, brethren, I found it impossible to speak to you as spiritual men. It had to be as to worldlings--mere babes in Christ.

2 Timothy 3:5and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort.

Hebrews 5:13By people who live on milk I mean those who are imperfectly acquainted with the teaching concerning righteousness.

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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