Romans 2:18
Strong's Lexicon
[if you]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

know
γινώσκεις (ginōskeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

[His]
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

will
θέλημα (thelēma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2307: An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

approve
δοκιμάζεις (dokimazeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1381: From dokimos; to test; by implication, to approve.

of what
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

is superior
διαφέροντα (diapheronta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1308: From dia and phero; to bear through, i.e. transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. to toss about; subjectively, to 'differ', or surpass.

because you are instructed
κατηχούμενος (katēchoumenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2727: To instruct orally, teach, inform. From kata and echos; to sound down into the ears, i.e. to indoctrinate or to apprise of.

by
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law;
νόμου (nomou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

Young's Literal Translation
and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

New American Standard Bible
and know [His] will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

King James Bible
And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

New Living Translation
You know what he wants; you know what is right because you have been taught his law.

English Standard Version
and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;

New American Standard Bible
and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

International Standard Version
and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the Law;

NET Bible
and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

American Standard Version
and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

English Revised Version
and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Young's Literal Translation
and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,
















Cross References
Luke 1:4
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

Romans 2:19
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

Philippians 1:10
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Romans 2:17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

Romans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Romans 2:15
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

Romans 2:20
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

Romans 2:21
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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