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Verse 20. _AN INSTRUCTER OF THE FOOLISH_, c.] Ye believe the Gentiles
to be _babes_ and _fools_ when compared with yourselves that ye alone
possess the only _true knowledge_; that ye are the only _fa...
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OF THE FOOLISH - The word “foolish” is used in the Scriptures in
two significations: to denote those who are void of understanding, and
to denote the wicked. Here it is clearly used in the former sens...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Gentile Moralist and Reformer and His Condemnation. (Romans
2:1 .)_
2. The Two Classes. (Romans 2:7 .)
3. The State of the Jew. (Romans 2:17 .)...
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Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his PRIDE OF LAW, MADE VOID BY
DISLOYALTY.
Romans 2:17. His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew,
etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21 : the comm...
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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
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If you are called by the name of Jew, if you take your rest in the
Law, if you boast in God and know his will, if you give your approval
to the excellent things, if you are instructed in the Law, if y...
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INSTRUCTOR. preceptor. Greek. _paideutes._ Only here and Hebrews 12:9.
TEACHER. App-98. Romans 2:4.
BABES. Greek. _nepios._ App-108.
FORM. external form. Greek. _morphosis._ Only here and 2
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_the foolish_ THE THOUGHTLESS. Same word as Luke 11:40; 1 Corinthians
15:36; Ephesians 5:17, &c.
_hast the form_, &c. Read, HAVING IN THE LAW THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE AND
OF TRUTH. "The fo
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ἜΧΟΝΤΑ = as one who has.
ΤῊΝ ΜΌΡΦΩΣΙΝ = the true shaping. The Law was a true
expression of the knowledge and truth of GOD; cf. Romans 7:12. On
ΜΟΡΦΉ as the proper expression of the inner reality of....
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17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through
ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
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ΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΉΣ (G3810) наставник, учитель,
преподаватель. Это слово предполагает
дисциплинирование и исправление
поведения наряду с обучением (SH).
ά· ΦΡΌΝΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΆΦΡΩΝ (G878)
неразумный, глупый,...
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DISCOURSE: 1826
INCONSISTENT CHRISTIANS REMONSTRATED WITH
Romans 2:17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law,
and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest the
thing...
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_TEXT_
Romans 2:17-24. But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest
upon the law, and gloriest in God, Romans 2:18 and knowest his will,
and approvest the things that are excellent, being instru...
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form
of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE FOOLISH, A TEACHER OF BABES, WHICH, HAST THE
FORM, [ teen (G358...
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_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_
16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and
oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But
in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
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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 fall...
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FORM] i.e. perfect embodiment....
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 2
PAUL’S ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO *JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE 2:1-16
1. THEY CANNOT AVOID GOD’S JUDGEMENT 2:1-4
v1 So, you who *...
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THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE TRUTH. — As we might say, “the
presentation of knowledge and of truth.” Here not form as opposed to
substance, but as implying substance — “presentation,” or
“embodime...
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THE SEARCHER OF ALL HEARTS
Romans 2:12
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 pages of the...
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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 least...
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the (o)
form of knowledge and of the truth in the (p) law.
(o) The way to teach and to form others in the knowledge of the truth.
(p) As...
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FIFTH PASSAGE (2:1-29). THE WRATH OF GOD SUSPENDED OVER THE JEWISH
PEOPLE.
In the midst of this flood of pollutions and iniquities which Gentile
society presents to view, the apostle sees one who lik...
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The _second part_ of the chapter, Romans 2:17-29, contains _the
application_ of the principles laid down in the first. After
expressing himself in a general and more or less abstract way, Paul
address...
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“ _Now if thou who art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and
makest thy boast of God, and knowest His will, and canst discern the
things that differ, being instructed out of the law; and esteemest...
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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 a...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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20.I take what follows,_having the form of knowledge_, as a reason for
the preceding; and it may be thus explained, — “because thou hast
the form of knowledge.” For they professed to be the teachers o...
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Two things are presented here with respect to God; His judgment
against evil the evil-doer shall not escape (the real difference of
right and wrong would be maintained by judgment); and His mercy,
pat...
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AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE FOOLISH,.... All men in a state of unregeneracy
are foolish, and need instruction; here the common people among the
Jews, who knew not the law, are meant; it was very usual to cal...
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form
of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Ver. 20. _Which hast the form of knowledge_] A platform of wholesome
words, a system, a...
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_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...
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AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE FOOLISH, A TEACHER OF BABES, WHICH HAST THE FORM
OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE TRUTH IN THE LAW....
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The guilt of the Jews:...
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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 judg...
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Romans 2:17-29
1. What is the difference between an inward Jew and an outward Jew?
a. What was an outward Jew?
i. Circumcised
ii. Good self-image
1. Name Jew means a lot to him
2. Rested in the...
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17-24 The apostle directs his discourse to the Jews, and shows of
what sins they were guilty, notwithstanding their profession and vain
pretensions. A believing, humble, thankful glorying in God, is...
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BABES; such as have little or no knowledge. THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE; a
scheme or system of notions, a compendious model or method, which is
artificially composed; such as tutors and professors of arts a...
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a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the
form of knowledge of the truth;...
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Romans 2:20 instructor G3810 foolish G878 teacher G1320 babes G3516
having G2192 (G5723) form G3446 knowledge G1108 and
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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 of t...
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THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE JEW. PAUL IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION - ‘DOES
NOT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES WITH IT,
ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS CIRCUMCISED INTO GOD'S COVENANT...
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_2. The Jew is Condemned; His External Circumcision does not Avail._
This section contains the direct application to the case of the Jew,
in the form of an indignant outburst (Romans 2:17-24), much of...
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2. THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS, AS A PROOF OF THEIR NEED OF THE GOSPEL.
This passage contains the second part of the proof of the universality
of sin, and hence of the universal need of the gospel, whe...
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Romans 2:20. A TRAINER OF THE FOOLISH. ‘Instructor' is too weak;
‘corrector' is possibly too strong.
A TEACHER OF BABES. These figurative expressions correctly represent
the proud attitude of the Je...
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A CORRECTOR OF THE FOOLISH
(παιδευτην αφρονων). Old word (from παιδευω)
for instructor, in Plato, and probably so here, though corrector or
chastiser in Hebrews 12:9 (the only N.T. instances). See L...
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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 impa...
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CONTENTS: The equal standing of Jew and Gentile before the justice of
God. Morality apart from Christ useless as means of salvation. Jews
knowing the law condemned by the law.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLU...
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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 acc...
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YOU ARE CERTAIN. They believed the Law was God's complete revelation
to the world. [It wasn't! God's complete revelation is Jesus Christ.
Compare John 1:17; Hebrews 1:1-3; John 1:1-4. The Law was in c...
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_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 equitable...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:1 Most interpreters say that Paul focuses on
the sin of the Jews throughout this chapter. Another view is that the
sin of the moral person (whether Jewish or Gentile) who judge...
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_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 not
hims...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 2:1
(_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 continued to the end...
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Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges
(Romans 2:1):
You see, I read this list and I say, "Oh, yes, it is horrible. My, I
just don't know what we are going to do, the w...
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1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Timothy 1:13; 2 Timothy 3:5; He
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Instructor [π α ι δ ε υ τ η ν], Rev., corrector. Better,
because emphasizing the element of discipline or training. See on
chastise, Luke 23:16 Of babes [ν η π ι ω ν] The term used by the
Jews to desi...
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Having the form of knowledge and truth — That is, the most accurate
knowledge of the truth....