Romans 2:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And know and understand His will and discerningly approve the better things and have a sense of what is vital, because you are instructed by the Law;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Common English Bible

¹⁸ if you know the will of God; if you are taught by the Law so that you can figure out the things that really matter;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ and you have known his will, and you demonstrate the more useful things, having been instructed by the law:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And knowest his will, and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law,

Romans 2:18 Cross References

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Psalm 19:8

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Luke 1:4

that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed.

Luke 12:47

And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating.

John 13:17

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 2:19

and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

Deuteronomy 4:8

And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?

Philippians 1:10

so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test everything; hold fast what is good,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

James 4:17

Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.