Romans 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Romans 2:18

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

Knowest

James 4:17

Approvest the things that are more excellent

Philippians 1:10

Hebrews 5:14

Being instructed

2 Timothy 3:15

Bible References

Knowest

And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

You came down on Mount Sinai,
and spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,
and good statutes and commands.

He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and judgments to Israel.

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

About food offered to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.

Approvest the things that are more excellent

so that you can approve the things that are superior and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

Being instructed

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

The precepts of the Lord are right,
making the heart glad;
the command of the Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are always with me.

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.