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

Philippians 2:15

General references

Luke 11:35

Bible References

Art confident

but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."

"Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "'Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'

In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it."

"No mere man has ever spoken as this man speaks," said the officers.

"You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue.

Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.

We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.

Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.

You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is *you* -- pitiable, poor, blind, naked.

A light

The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow of death, on them light has dawned."

*You* are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built on a hill-top.

Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."

that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'

so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

General references

Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.