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Romans 2:19 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Romans 2:19Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 2:1910 words
GreekMeaning
πέποιθάςpepoithas
you are confidentverbG3982
τεte
then thatwordG5037
σεαυτὸνseauton
you yourselfpronounG4572
ὁδηγὸνhodēgon
a guidenounG3595
εἶναιeinai
beingverbG1510
τυφλῶνtyphlōn
of the blindadjectiveG5185
φῶςphōs
a lightnounG5457
τῶνtōn
to thosearticleG3588
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
σκότειskotei
darknessnounG4655
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 2:19

“And art confident that you yourself.” Here again he does not say that you are “a guide of the blind,” but “you are confident,” so you boast, he says. So great was the unreasonableness of the Jews. Wherefore he also repeats nearly the very words, which they used in their boastings. See for instance what they say in the Gospels. “You were altogether born in sin, and do you teach us?” John 9:34 And all men they utterly looked down upon, to convince them of which, Paul keeps…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 6 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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