Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 2:20
Having the form of knowledge and truth — That is, the most accurate knowledge of the truth.
Having the form of knowledge and truth — That is, the most accurate knowledge of the truth.
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...
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...
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 .)...
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...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
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...
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
_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
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
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....
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,...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
FORM] i.e. perfect embodiment....
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...
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 *...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“ _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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
The guilt of the Jews:...
AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE FOOLISH, A TEACHER OF BABES, WHICH HAST THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE TRUTH IN THE LAW....
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...
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...
ROMANS 2:20. CORRECTOR OF THE FOOLISH,. TEACHER OF BABES, HAVING IN THE LAW THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE TRUTH; These verses appear to be. response to the Jew that might argue that verses 1-16 may...
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...
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...
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge of the truth;...
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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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Timothy 1:13; 2 Timothy 3:5; He
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...