Romans 2:18
and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,
19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:8and which [is] the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day?
Psalms 19:8The precepts of Jehovah [are] upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah [is] pure, enlightening the eyes,
Psalms 119:104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Psalms 147:19Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
Luke 12:47'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
Romans 15:4for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the 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 →