Romans 2:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 2:20

18 and ^aknow His will, and ^bapprove the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

19 and ^aare confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, ^ahaving the form of knowledge and truth in the law.

21 ^aYou, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, ^ado you rob temples?

23 You who ^amake your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?

24 For ^a“the name of God is ^bblasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

Circumcision of No Avail

25 ^aFor circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

26 Therefore, ^aif an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

Verse Comparison: Romans 2:20

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American Standard Version
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;

Amplified® Bible
You are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth--

Contemporary English Version
And since there is knowledge and truth in God's Law, you think you can instruct fools and teach young people.

Darby English Version
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:

Good News Bible
an instructor for the foolish, and a teacher for the ignorant. You are certain that in the Law you have the full content of knowledge and of truth.

International Standard Version
an instructor of ignorant people, and a teacher of infants because you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the law-

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.

New American Standard Bible
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

New International Version
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

New King James Version
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

Young's Literal Translation
an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.

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