Romans 2:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

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  • Deut 4:8 : 8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for all good works.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them just statutes and true laws, good statutes and commandments. 14 You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 You, through Your commandments, have made me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.
  • Ps 119:104-105 : 104 Through Your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way. 105 NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel. 20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise the LORD.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatever things were written in the past were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

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  • Rom 2:19-20
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    19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

    20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

  • Rom 2:17
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    17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,

  • Phil 1:9-11
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    9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

    10 So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;

    11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Tim 3:14-15
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    14 But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them;

    15 And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

  • Eph 5:10
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    10 Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 1:7-8
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    7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm.

    8 But we know that the law is good if a man uses it lawfully;

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.

    2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

    3 And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

  • Luke 1:4
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    4 That you might know the certainty of those things in which you have been instructed.

  • Rom 2:13-15
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    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

    14 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:

    15 Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or else excusing each other;)

  • Rom 2:23
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    23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God?

  • Col 1:9-10
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    9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

    10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Rom 14:18
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    18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

  • Rom 2:27-29
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    27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

    28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

    29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
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    10 But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

  • Gal 4:9
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    9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

  • Phil 3:15
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    15 Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?

  • Phil 3:5-6
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    5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

    6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.

  • Rom 7:22
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    22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man:

  • Rom 10:2
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    2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

  • Rom 15:14
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    14 And I myself am also persuaded of you, my brethren, that you are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.

  • Acts 26:3
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    3 Especially because I know you to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: therefore, I beseech you to hear me patiently.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

  • Rom 7:7
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    7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Prov 22:20
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    20 Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5 That in everything you are enriched by him, in all speech, and in all knowledge;

  • Rom 1:32
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    32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

  • Eph 4:20-21
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    20 But you have not so learned Christ,

    21 If indeed you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

    3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

  • Eph 5:17
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    17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • Ps 94:12
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    12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;