the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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THE MESSAGE
Romans 2:18
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and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,
And knowest his will, and approuest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the Law,
And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;
and know His will and distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,
You know what he wants you to do and what is important, because you have learned the law.
and [if you claim to] know His will and approve the things that are essential or have a sense of what is excellent, based on your instruction from the Law,
and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,
and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,
if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
By reading the Scriptures you learn how God wants you to behave, and you discover what is right.
and know his will and give your approval to what is right, because you have been instructed from the Torah;
and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
You know what God wants you to do. And you know what is important, because you have learned the law.
And knowest his will, and triest the things that dissent from it, in that thou art instructed by the Lawe:
And because you know his will, and know the things which must be observed, which you have learned from the law,
you know what God wants you to do, and you have learned from the Law to choose what is right;
and know his will and approve the things that are superior, because you are instructed by the law,
and know the will, and approve the things excelling, being instructed out of the Law,
and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,
and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the law;Deuteronomy 4:8; Psalm 147:19-20; Philippians 1:10;">[xr]
because thou knowest his will, and distinguishest the things that are fitting, because thou art learned from the law;
that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law;
And knowest his wyll, and alowest the thinges that be excellent, infourmed by the lawe:
and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
and gloriest in God, And knowest his will, and discernest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law:
and know the supreme will, and can test things that differ--being a man who receives instruction from the Law--
and hast knowe his wille, and thou lerud bi lawe preuest the more profitable thingis,
and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law,
and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,
and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
You know what he wants; you know what is right because you have been taught his law.
You know what He wants you to do. You understand how the Law works. You know right from wrong.
and know his will and determine what is best because you are instructed in the law,
And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ - when receiving oral instruction out of the law,
And knowest his will and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law:
and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,
and knowest his will and hast experience of good and bad in that thou arte informed by the lawe:
and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,
and knowest his will: & for so moch as thou art enfourmed out of ye lawe,
you know the divine will, and what is contrary thereto, having been educated in the law:
You say you know what God wants and that the Code guides your every loop.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
knowest: Deuteronomy 4:8, Nehemiah 9:13, Nehemiah 9:14, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Luke 12:47, John 13:17, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:2, James 4:17
approvest the things that are more excellent: or, triest the things that differ, Philippians 1:10, *marg. 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Hebrews 5:14
being instructed: Romans 15:4, Psalms 19:8, Psalms 119:98-100, Psalms 119:104, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 6:23, 2 Timothy 3:15-17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:5 - but divideth Deuteronomy 32:10 - he instructed Romans 3:2 - because Romans 7:1 - them that Titus 1:16 - profess 1 John 2:9 - he is
Cross-References
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
One day her mother-in-law Naomi said to Ruth, "My dear daughter, isn't it about time I arranged a good home for you so you can have a happy life? And isn't Boaz our close relative, the one with whose young women you've been working? Maybe it's time to make our move. Tonight is the night of Boaz's barley harvest at the threshing floor.
Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of God !
If a man has a woman friend to whom he is loyal but never intended to marry, having decided to serve God as a "single," and then changes his mind, deciding he should marry her, he should go ahead and marry. It's no sin; it's not even a "step down" from celibacy, as some say. On the other hand, if a man is comfortable in his decision for a single life in service to God and it's entirely his own conviction and not imposed on him by others, he ought to stick with it. Marriage is spiritually and morally right and not inferior to singleness in any way, although as I indicated earlier, because of the times we live in, I do have pastoral reasons for encouraging singleness.
The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 what is not to be done: to know which in express terms was a privilege, that other people had not; but then the bare knowledge of this will be of no avail: for persons may know their Lord's will, as the Jews did, and not do it, and so be worthy to be beaten with many stripes:
and approvest the things that are more excellent: or "triest the things that differ"; from one another, and from the will and law of God; or as the Syriac, "discernest" וליתא, "things that are convenient"; agreeable, which are fit and ought to be done: and having tried and discerned them, they approved of them in their judgment as the things more excellent; but then they did not put these excellent things in practice which they approved of; and the knowledge and approbation they had of these things, arose from their
being instructed out of the law, and not the Gospel; for the excellent things of the Gospel, they had no discerning, knowledge and approbation of; see Philippians 1:10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 here is capable of two interpretations. It may mean either to distinguish, or to approve. The word is properly and usually applied to the process of testing or trying metals by fire. Hence, it comes to be used in a general sense to try or to distinguish anything; to ascertain its nature, quality, etc.; Luke 12:56. This is probably its meaning here, referring rather to the intellectual process of discriminating, than to the moral process of approving. It could not, perhaps, be said with propriety, at least the scope of the passage does not properly suppose this, that the Jew approved or loved the things of God: but the scope of the passage is, that the Jew valued himself on his knowledge of what was conformable to the will of God; see the notes at Romans 14:0.
The things that are more excellent - The word translated here “more excellent” denotes properly the things that differ from others, and then also the things that excel. It has an ambiguity similar to the word translated “approved.” If the interpretation of that word above given is correct, then this word here means those things that differ from others. The reference is to the rites and customs, to the distinctions of meats and days, etc., prescribed by the Law of Moses. The Jew would pride himself on the fact that he had been taught by the Law to make these distinctions, while all the pagan world had been left in ignorance of them. This was one of the advantages on which he valued himself and his religion.
Being instructed ... - That is, in regard to the one God, his will, and the distinguishing rites of his worship.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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 revelation which God has given of himself makes the nicest distinctions between right and wrong; between vice and virtue; showing how you should walk so as to please God, and, consequently, acquire the most excellent portion that human spirits can have on this side heaven: for all these blessings ye acknowledge to receive from your law, being instructed, κατηχουμενος, being catechized, from your infancy, in the knowledge of Divine things.
