Romans 2:19

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Summary

Romans 2:19

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

Art confident

A light

General references

Luke 11:35

Bible References

Art confident

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.

A light

It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

General references

So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.