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Romans 2:20

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth,

A Conservative Version

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 thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

21thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ.

2 Timothy 3:5having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,

Hebrews 5:13For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike.

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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