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Verse 18. _KNOWEST HIS WILL_] Hast been favoured with a revelation of
his own will, immediately from himself.
_THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE EXCELLENT_] τα δισφεροντα, _The
things_ _that differ_-that rev...
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AND KNOWEST HIS WILL - The will or commands of God. This knowledge
they obtained from the Scriptures; and of course in this they were
distinguished from other nations.
AND APPROVEST - The word used he...
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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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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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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
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KNOWEST. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.
WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102.
APPROVEST. Greek. _dokimazo._ See Romans 1:28.
MORE EXCELLENT. Greek. _diaphero._ See Acts 27:27.
BEING INSTRUCTED. Greek. _kate...
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_his will_ Lit. THE WILL. Cp. 3 John 1:7, where the original is "for
the sake of _the_Name." Possibly the phrase here was a "stereotyped"
formula, which St Paul quotes. But in any case its form (as th...
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ΤῸ ΘΈΛΗΜΑ. cf. Lft, _Revision_, p. 106, ed. 1; p. 118, ed. 2
(S.H.).
ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΕΙΣ. As above, Romans 1:28, ‘approvest, after
testing.’
ΤᾺ ΔΙΑΦΈΡΟΝΤΑ = the things that are better, the better
courses of c...
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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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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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AND APPROVEST THE THINGS, &C.— The words Τα διαφεροντα,
signify _things excellent, convenient, controverted,_ or _differing:_
in either of these senses the term may be understood here; though the
last...
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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 knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more
excellent, being instructed out of the law;
AND KNOWEST HIS WILL, AND APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT SEE MORE
EXCELLENT, [ dokimazeis (G1381)...
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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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APPROVEST, etc.] i.e. able to distinguish delicately between the more
and the less good....
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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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HIS WILL. — Literally, _the will_ — _i.e.,_ “the supreme
will.”
APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE EXCELLENT. — Probably rightly
given in the Authorised version, though the marginal rendering also is...
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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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τὸ θέλημα is God's will. Lipsius compares the absolute use of
ὁδός, θύρα and ὄνομα. _Cf._ Acts 9:2; Acts 19:9; Acts
19:23; Acts 14:27;...
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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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And knowest [his] will, and (n) approvest the things that are more
excellent, being instructed out of the law;
(n) Can test and discern what things swerve from God's will....
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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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18._And knowest his will, and approvest things excellent, etc. _He now
concedes to them the knowledge of the divine will, and the approval of
things useful; and this they had attained from the doctrin...
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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 KNOWEST HIS WILL,.... Not the secret will or purpose of God; nor
his revealed will in the Gospel, for of this they were ignorant; but
his declared will in the law, showing what is to be done, and...
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And knowest _his_ will, and approvest the things that are more
excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Ver. 18. _Being instructed out of the law_] Gr.
κατηχουμενος, Being well catechised and prin...
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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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OUT OF THE LAW; out of the Scriptures....
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AND KNOWEST HIS WILL, AND APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE
EXCELLENT, BEING INSTRUCTED OUT OF 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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APPROVES THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE EXCELLENT:
Or, triest the things that differ...
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AND KNOWEST HIS WILL, AND APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT ARE EXCELLENT,
BEING INSTRUCTED OUT OF THE LAW,
'Approvest' -'with. sense of what is vital in religion' (Mof); 'they
claimed. unique ability to de...
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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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Ver. 18,19. ART CONFIDENT; thou dost proudly arrogate all that follows
to thyself, and conceitest that thou hast all the points of the law in
thy breast, and full knowledge of all the secrets thereof....
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and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent,
being instructed out of the law,...
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Romans 2:18 and G2532 know G1097 (G5719) will G2307 and G2532 approve
G1381 (G5719) excellent G1308 ...
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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 2:18. AND KNOWEST HIS WILL; lit, ‘the will,' evidently God's
will, as revealed in the law.
APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT ARE EXCELLENT; or, ‘dost distinguish the
things that differ.' Both transla...
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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
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 KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO. They did have this advantage. But
they thought it was enough if they had this knowledge. Compare Romans
2:13....
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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 8:1; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 2 Timothy
3:15;...
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The things that are more excellent [τ α δ ι α φ ε ρ ο ν τ
α]. This may be the meaning, and it is adopted by Rev. with the
proper omission of more. But it may also mean the things which differ;
in whic...