Romans 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And knowest his will, and approvestd the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; ”

Romans 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And knowest his will - The will or commands of God. This knowledge they obtained from the Scriptures; and of course in this they were distinguished from other nations. And approvest - The wor...
Romans 2:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And knowest [his] will, and (n) approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (n) Can test and discern what things swerve from God's will.
Romans 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his pride of law, made void by disloyalty. Romans 2:17-20 . His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew, etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21-...
Romans 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

knowest . Greek. ginosko. App-132. will . Greek. thelema. App-102. approvest . Greek. dokimazo. See Romans 1:28 . more excellent . Greek. diaphero. See Acts 27:27 . being instructe...
Romans 2:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. And knowest his will, and approvest things excellent, etc. He now concedes to them the knowledge of the divine will, and the approval of things useful; and this they had attained from th...
Romans 2:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1826 INCONSISTENT CHRISTIANS REMONSTRATED WITH Romans 2:17-23 . Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest...
Romans 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; Knowest his will - Hast been favored with a revelation of his own will, immediately from him...
Romans 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And approvest the things, &c.— The words Τα διαφεροντα, signify things excellent, convenient, controverted, or differing: in either of these senses the term may be understood here; though t...
Romans 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; And knowest his will, and approvest the things that see more excellent, х dokimazeis...
Romans 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Failure of the Jews In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God's judgment will...
Romans 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His will. — Literally, the will — i.e., “the supreme will.” Approvest the things that are more excellent. — Probably rightly given in the Authorised version, though the marginal rendering al...
Romans 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY AND GUILT Romans 2:17-29 "THE Jew, first, and also the Greek"; this has been the burthen of the Apostle's thought thus far upon the whole. He has had the Jew fo...
Romans 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Searcher of All Hearts Romans 2:12-20 The Apostle goes on to show that all men, whether Jews or Gentiles, will be judged by the same standard. For the Jew that law was written upon the page...
Romans 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at leas...
Romans 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And...
Romans 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And knowest his will ,.... Not the secret will or purpose of God; nor his revealed will in the Gospel, for of this they were ignorant; but his declared will in the law, showing what is to be done, a...
Romans 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; Ver. 18. Being instructed out of the law ] Gr. κατηχουμενος, Being well catechised and p...
Romans 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold Here he applies the matter he had discussed in the preceding verses more closely to the Jews, and proves, that, notwithstanding all their pretences and privileges, they were transgressors of...
Romans 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Case of the Cultured Greek But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never considering that the same...
Romans 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. A. D. 58. 17 Behold, thou art cal...
Romans 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 18,19. Art confident; thou dost proudly arrogate all that follows to thyself, and conceitest that thou hast all the points of the law in thy breast, and full knowledge of all the secrets there...
Romans 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Jew And The Law Of God. ‘But if you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory (boast) in God, and know his will, and approve the things which are excellent, being instructed out o...
Romans 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 2:18 .—κατηχούμενος, being orally instructed. Romans 2:21 .—This verse may be illustrated out of the Jewish writings, for they say, “He who teacheth others what he doth no...
Romans 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 2 The Practical Outcome of Judaism. I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just, inevitable, and...
Romans 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:1 . Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man, whether Roman or Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is...
Romans 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, thou art called a Jew. The Jews also without excuse Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equita...
Romans 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 2:1-45 ( b ) Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. Here a new stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans 1:18 , begins, and is conti...
Romans 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The guilt of the Jews:
Romans 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 Corinthians 8:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:21 ; 2 Timothy 3:15-17 ; Deuteronomy 4:8 ; Hebrews 5:14 ; James 4:17 ; John 13:17 ; Luke 12:47 ; Nehemiah 9:13 ; Nehemiah 9:14 ;...

Romans 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 2:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge