Roma 2:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

dan tahu akan kehendak-Nya, dan oleh karena diajar dalam hukum Taurat, dapat tahu mana yang baik dan mana yang tidak,

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
dan tahu akan kehendak-Nya, dan oleh karena diajar dalam hukum Taurat, dapat tahu mana yang baik dan mana yang tidak,

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
serta mengetahui kehendak-Nya dan membedakan makna yang terutama sebab diajari dari dalam Taurat,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Behold, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the lawe, and makest thy boast of God, ¹⁸ And knowest his wyll, and alowest the thinges that be excellent, infourmed by the lawe: ¹⁹ And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse, ²⁰ An infourmer of them whiche lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned: which hast the fourme of knowledge, & of the trueth in the lawe. ²¹ Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest not thy selfe? Thou preachest a man shoulde not steale, yet thou stealest. ²² Thou that sayest a man shoulde not commit adulterie, breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest idoles, and yet robbest God of his honour. ²³ Thou that makest thy boast of ye lawe, through breakyng the lawe dishonorest God. ²⁴ For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written. ²⁵ For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision. ²⁶ Therefore if the vncircumcisio kepe the ordinaunces of the law, shall not his vncircumcisio be counted for circumcisio?

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

Genesis 1:31
And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day.

Genesis 2:7
The Lorde God also dyd shape man, [euen] dust fro of the grounde, & breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe, and man was a lyuyng soule.

Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.

Genesis 2:11
The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde:

Genesis 2:12
And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone.

Genesis 2:13
The name of the seconde riuer is Gyhon: the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Ethiopia.

Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.

Ruth 3:1
Then Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her: My daughter, shal I not seke rest for thee, yt thou mayest prosper?

Proverbs 18:22
Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.

1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed.

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.