...that are more excellent, even the way of Christian perfection, being instructed out of the gospel : and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, and a feacher of babes, or imperfect believers ;...

...same style, alluding to those who called themselves Jews, or were commonly so called by others : " Thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God," &c. but says he, in the close of that chapter, " He is not a Jew that is one outwardly ; neither is...

...&c. is so exact a parallel to this before us, that one will be the best comment upon the other : ' Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the...an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge, and of the truth in the law. Thou, therefore, that makest thy boast...

...Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and rcstest in the law, and makcst thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest...an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form, of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Thou therefore which teachest another,...

...catted a Jew, and rcstest in the law, and makes/ thy boast of God : and knowest his will, and approve.?! the things that are more excellent, being instructed...a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in dar/mets, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, tahith hast the form of knowledge ana of...

...striking manner characterized in the following spirited address of St. Paul to them -.—Behold ! thatt art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God : and knowest his will, and approval the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law, and art confident that...

...vouchsafed to him has had, or ought to have had, on his conduct. Thus, in the seventeenth verse, he says, " Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God." Thou art one of that family of Abraham, to whom the promises were made, and neglecting the real meaning...

...convicts the Jew, saying that he is named Jew and yet by no means carries out what he professes. "If thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law and makest thy boast in God and knowest his will, and approvest distinctions, being instructed out of the law: if thou art...

...•his will and dost apprehend the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law — but art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having before thee in the law...

...justice; they take delight in approaching to God." Note also what Paul said of the unbelieving Jew, "Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the...are more excellent, being instructed out of the law" (Rom. 2:17, 18). If Paul could say that of one who is, at the time, showing no conviction as it relates...