Romans 2:18-21

¹⁸and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

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

²¹Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

Romans 2 is Paul’s devastating dismantling of moral presumption. Having indicted the pagan world in chapter 1, he now turns the courtroom spotlight on the moralist — the Jew, the religious person, the one who nods along at God’s judgment on others. Paul argues that knowledge of God’

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a: v.1 — Luke 6:37, Romans 2:3, John 8:7-9, Romans 2:21-23, Romans 1:18-20, Matthew 7:1-5, 2 Samuel 12:5-7, Romans 9:20, Psalms 50:16-20, Matthew 23:29-31
b: v.2 — Psalms 9:7-8, Zephaniah 3:5, Psalms 145:17, Jeremiah 12:1, Psalms 98:9, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Psalms 96:13, Daniel 4:37, Psalms 9:4, Revelation 16:5
c: v.4 — 2 Peter 3:9, Isaiah 30:18, Exodus 34:6, Titus 3:4-6, Romans 9:22-23, Ephesians 1:18, Psalms 86:15, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 2:7, Romans 3:25
d: v.5 — Ecclesiastes 12:14, Romans 1:18, Romans 2:2-3, Hebrews 3:15, Jude 1:6, 2 Peter 3:7, Romans 9:22, Deuteronomy 32:34, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Chronicles 30:8
e: v.6 — Psalms 62:12, Jeremiah 32:19, Matthew 16:27, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Revelation 22:12, Revelation 20:12, Isaiah 3:10-11, 1 Corinthians 3:8, Job 34:11
f: v.7 — 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Luke 8:15, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Timothy 1:10, Revelation 2:10-11, 1 Peter 1:7-8, Romans 6:23, Hebrews 10:35-36, James 5:7-8, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
g: v.11 — Deuteronomy 10:17, Acts 10:34, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Galatians 2:6, Galatians 6:7-8, Job 34:19, Deuteronomy 16:19, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 3:25, Matthew 22:16
h: v.13 — James 1:22-25, 1 John 3:7, James 2:21-25, Romans 2:25, Galatians 2:16, Romans 10:5, Luke 8:21, Galatians 3:11-12, 1 John 2:29, Romans 4:2-5
i: v.14 — Romans 1:19-20, Romans 2:12, Romans 2:27, Acts 17:30, Psalms 147:19-20, Ephesians 2:12, Acts 10:35, Romans 1:32, Deuteronomy 4:7, Romans 3:1-2
j: v.16 — Ecclesiastes 12:14, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Acts 17:31, Acts 10:42, Luke 8:17, Romans 14:10-12, John 5:22-29, 1 Peter 4:5, Romans 3:6, John 12:48
k: v.24 — Ezekiel 36:20-23, Isaiah 52:5, 2 Peter 2:2, Lamentations 2:15-16, Titus 2:8, 2 Samuel 12:14, Titus 2:5, 1 Timothy 6:1
l: v.28 — Galatians 6:15, Matthew 3:9, Romans 9:6-8, Revelation 2:9, Isaiah 48:1-2, Romans 4:10-12, Hosea 1:6-9, John 8:37-39, Isaiah 1:9-15, Psalms 73:1
m: v.29 — Deuteronomy 30:6, Philippians 3:3, Deuteronomy 10:16, Colossians 2:11-12, Jeremiah 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Peter 3:4, 2 Corinthians 10:18, Romans 7:6

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