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Verse 19. _AND ART CONFIDENT_, c.] In consequence of all these
religious advantages, ye believe that ye are able to teach others, and
to be _guides_ and _lights_ to the _bewildered, darkened Gentiles,...
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AND ART CONFIDENT - This expression denotes the full assurance of the
Jew that he was superior in knowledge to all other people. It is a
remarkable fact that the Jews put the fullest confidence in the...
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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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_thou thyself_ Strongly emphatic. The person supposed is not only sure
of the privileges of Jews in general, but of _his own_spiritual
competency, by virtue simply of his position and light.
Surely t...
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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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ΠΈΠΟΙΘΆΣ ΤΕ passes to the Jew’s conviction of his true
relation to other men.
ὈΔΗΓῸΝ. Perh. an echo of Matthew 15:14; cf. S.H....
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ΠΈΠΟΙΘΑΣ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982)
убеждать, быть убежденным, доверять.
ΟΔΗΓΌΣ (G3595) путеводитель, проводник
(RWP)....
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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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GUIDE OF THE BLIND, &C.— _Blind,—in
darkness,—ignorant,—babes,_— were appellations which the Jews
gave to the Gentiles; signifying how much inferior to themselves they
thought them in knowledge. The w...
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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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_AND ART CONFIDENT THAT THOU THYSELF ART A GUIDE OF THE BLIND, A LIGHT
OF THEM WHICH ARE IN DARKNESS,_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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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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A GUIDE OF THE BLIND. — Comp. Matthew 15:14, “They be blind
leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind,” _et seq.
_...
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CHAPTER 7
JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY AND GUILT
Romans 2:17
"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 for some
wh...
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f. πέποιθάς τε κ. τ. λ. The τε indicates that this
confidence is the immediate and natural result of what precedes: it is
not right, in view of all the N.T. examples, to say that
πέποιθας suggests an...
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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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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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“ _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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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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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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19._And believest thyself, etc. _More is still granted to them; as
though they had not only what was sufficient for themselves, but also
that by which they could enrich others. He grants, indeed, that...
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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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AND ART CONFIDENT THAT THOU THYSELF,.... Being vainly puffed up in,
their fleshly minds, they were strongly persuaded that they were very
fit persons to be
A GUIDE TO THE BLIND: all men are by nature...
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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light
of them which are in darkness,
Ver. 19. _Of the blind_] The Chinese say that all other nations see
but with one eye, they with tw...
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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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The guilt of the Jews:...
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AND ART CONFIDENT THAT THOU THYSELF ART A GUIDE OF THE BLIND, A LIGHT
OF THEM WHICH ARE IN DARKNESS,...
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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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AND ART CONFIDENT THAT THOU THYSELF ART. GUIDE OF THE BLIND,. LIGHT OF
THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS,...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "ROMANS 2:18...
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and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light
of them that are in darkness,...
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Romans 2:19 and G5037 confident G3982 (G5754) yourself G4572 are G1511
(G5750) guide G3595 blind G5185 light...
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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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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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Romans 2:19. AND ART CONFIDENT. ROMANS 2:19-20 set forth the attitude
of the Jew toward the Gentile, not only regarding himself as superior,
but _con-descending_ to make proselytes. This attitude grew...
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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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A GUIDE OF THE BLIND
(οδηγον τυφλων). Accusative οδηγον in predicate with
εινα to agree with σεαυτον, accusative of general reference
with infinitive εινα in indirect discourse after πεποιθας.
Late...
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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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A GUIDE FOR THE BLIND. This was their claim. God intended the Jews to
be teachers of the Truth. But they failed to do it. Their actions did
not match their claims....
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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 3:18; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1
Corinthians 8:2;...
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Blind, in darkness, ignorant, babes — These were the titles which
the Jews generally gave the gentiles....