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Romans 2

Rom. 2:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
te (Greek #5037)
both or also (properly, as correlation of 2532)
KJV usage: also, and, both, even, then, whether. Often used in composition, usually as the latter participle.
Pronounce: teh
Origin: a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition
art confident that
peitho (Greek #3982)
to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)
KJV usage: agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.
Pronounce: pi'-tho
Origin: a primary verb
thou thyself
seautou (Greek #4572)
also dative case of the same, σεαυτῷ (seh-ow-to'), and accusative case σεαυτόν (seh-ow-ton'), likewise contracted σαυτοῦ (sow-too'), σαυτῷ (sow-to'), and σαυτόν (sow-ton'), respectively of (with, to) thyself
KJV usage: thee, thine own self, (thou) thy(-self).
Pronounce: seh-ow-too'
art
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
a guide
hodegos (Greek #3595)
a conductor (literally or figuratively (teacher))
KJV usage: guide, leader.
Pronounce: hod-ayg-os'
Origin: from 3598 and 2233
of the blind
tuphlos (Greek #5185)
opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
KJV usage: blind.
Pronounce: toof-los'
Origin: from, 5187
, a light
phos (Greek #5457)
luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: fire, light.
Pronounce: foce
Origin: from an obsolete φάω (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare 5316, 5346)
of them
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
which are in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
darkness
skotos (Greek #4655)
shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: darkness.
Pronounce: skot'-os
Origin: from the base of 4639
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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art confident.
Prov. 26:12• 12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him. (Prov. 26:12)
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Isa. 5:21• 21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (Isa. 5:21)
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Isa. 56:10• 10His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber: (Isa. 56:10)
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Matt. 6:23• 23but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness! (Matt. 6:23)
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Matt. 15:14• 14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch. (Matt. 15:14)
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Matt. 23:16‑26• 16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
 17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
 19Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
 20He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
 21And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
 22And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
 23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
 24Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
 26Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. (Matt. 23:16‑26)
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Mark 10:15• 15Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter into it. (Mark 10:15)
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John 7:46‑49• 46The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man speaks.
 47The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?
 48Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
 49But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed. (John 7:46‑49)
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John 9:34,40‑41• 34They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.
 40And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
 41Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains. (John 9:34,40‑41)
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1 Cor. 3:18• 18Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. (1 Cor. 3:18)
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1 Cor. 4:10• 10*We* are fools for Christ's sake, but *ye* prudent in Christ: *we* weak, but *ye* strong: *ye* glorious, but *we* in dishonour. (1 Cor. 4:10)
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1 Cor. 8:1‑2• 1But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
 2If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it. (1 Cor. 8:1‑2)
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Rev. 3:17‑18• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)
a light.
Isa. 49:6,9‑10• 6--and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
 9saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
 10They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them. (Isa. 49:6,9‑10)
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Matt. 4:16• 16--the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up. (Matt. 4:16)
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Matt. 5:14• 14*Ye* are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid. (Matt. 5:14)
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Luke 1:79• 79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:79)
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Acts 26:18• 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:18)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world, (Phil. 2:15)
• {v.19-20} His point in bringing this up was to show that the Jews were that much more responsible than the Gentiles, for those who teach the Word of God must practise the things that they teach. (“The Enlightened Jews: Romans 2:17-3:8” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,

W. Kelly Translation

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and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,