Romans 2:20
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;
KJV
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
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Commentary
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| παιδευτὴν | paideutēn | an instructor | G3810 → |
| ἀφρόνων, | aphronōn | of [the] foolish, | G878 → |
| διδάσκαλον | didaskalon | a teacher | G1320 → |
| νηπίων, | nēpiōn | of infants, | G3516 → |
| ἔχοντα | echonta | having | G2192 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| μόρφωσιν | morphōsin | embodiment | G3446 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| γνώσεως | gnōseōs | of knowledge | G1108 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| ἀληθείας | alētheias | truth | G225 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | the | G3588 → |
| νόμῳ· | nomō | law; | G3551 → |
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