And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
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Gill's Exposition
An instructor of the foolish,.... All men in a state of unregeneracy are foolish, and need instruction; here the common people among the Jews, who knew not the law, are meant; it was very usual to…
Barnes' Notes
And knowest his will - The will or commands of God. This knowledge they obtained from the Scriptures; and of course in this they were distinguished from other nations. And approvest - The word used…
Adam Clarke
Knowest his will - Hast been favored with a revelation of his own will, immediately from himself.
The things that are more excellent - τα δισφεροντα, The things that differ - that revelation which God…
In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had…
Cambridge Bible
his will Lit. the will. Cp. 3Jn 1:7, where the original is "for the sake of theName." Possibly the phrase here was a "stereotyped" formula, which St Paul quotes. But in any case its form (as that of…
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