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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•  (Prov. 26:12)
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Isa. 5:21•  (Isa. 5:21)
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Isa. 56:10•  (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 is darkness, how great the darkness! (Matt. 6:23)
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Matt. 15:14• 14{i}Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.{/i} (Matt. 15:14)
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Matt. 23:16‑26• 16{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 17{i}Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?{/i}
 18{i}And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.{/i}
 19{i}[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?{/i}
 20{i}He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.{/i}
 21{i}And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.{/i}
 22{i}And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.{/i}
 23{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 24{i}Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.{/i}
 25{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 26{i}Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.{/i} (Matt. 23:16‑26)
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Mark 10:15• 15Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein. (Mark 10:15)
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John 7:46‑49• 46The officials answered, Never man so spake as this man.
 47The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?
 48Did anyone of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees?
 49But this crowd that knoweth not the law, they are accursed. (John 7:46‑49)
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John 9:34,40‑41• 34They answered and said to him, In sins thou was born wholly, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
 40And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and 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 remaineth. (John 9:34,40‑41)
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1 Cor. 3:18• 18Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise. (1 Cor. 3:18)
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1 Cor. 4:10• 10we, fools for Christ, but ye prudent in Christ; we weak, but ye strong; ye illustrious, but we disgraced. (1 Cor. 4:10)
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1 Cor. 8:1‑2• 1But concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge; knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
 2If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he as he ought to know; (1 Cor. 8:1‑2)
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Rev. 3:17‑18• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich and am become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked;
 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)
a light.
Isa. 49:6,9‑10•  (Isa. 49:6,9‑10)
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Matt. 4:16• 16{i}-- 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.{/i} (Matt. 4:16)
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Matt. 5:14• 14Ye are the light of the world: a city set on a hill 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 unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be blameless and sincere, irreproachable children of God amidst a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine 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,