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Romans 2:18 KJV
Romans · chapter 2 · verse 18
And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;Romans 2:18 · King James Version
Romans 2:18 in context
16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instructedkatēcheōto sound towards, sound down upon, resound, to charm with resounding sound, to fascinate…G2727 →
- approvestdokimazōto test, examine, prove, scrutinise , as metals, to recognise as genuine after…G1381 →
- excellentdiapherōto bear or carry through any place, to carry different ways, to carry in different…G1308 →
- knowestginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
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In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had said (Rom 2:13) that not the hearers but the doers of the law are justified;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29