ROMANS Study Guide

2) Those who have the law then will be judged by the law. It is

simple… those who do the law are righteous and those who

do not are unrighteous before God (Vs.13). (Read also

James 1:22)

Rom 2:17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the Law, and boast in God. Rom 2:18 and know His will and approve the things excelling, being instructed out of the Law. Rom 2:19 and persuading yourselves to be a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness. Rom 2:20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Law. Rom 2:21 Therefore the one teaching another, do you not teach yourself? The one preaching not to steal, do you steal? Rom 2:22 The one saying not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one detesting idols, do you rob temples? Rom 2:23 You who boast in Law, do you dishonor God through breaking the Law? Rom 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you, as it is written. Rom 2:25 For circumcision truly profits if you keep the Law, but if you are a transgressor of the Law, circumcision becomes uncircumcision. Rom 2:26 If then the uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Rom 2:27 And the uncircumcision, which is by nature, if it fulfills the Law, shall it not judge you, who through letter and circumcision become transgressors of the Law? Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that outwardly in flesh. Rom 2:29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart; in spirit and not in letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

c. Paul zeros in on the Jewish hypocrite …vss.17 -29

1) Paul lays out a clear picture of a “confident” Jew who feels he

knows the law and can teach the spiritual babe all he or she

needs to know about the Mosaic Law. Vss.17-23

a) Paul is dealing with a very serious issue… those who believe

“ Knowing truth” is what saves us. This is also serious

concern in the church today…especially for those who have

grown up in the Church thinking information equals

salvation.

b) Here is a Jew who thinks he is an instructor in righteousness… a

guide to the unlearned in the law..but who is not keeping

the law himself. Vss.21-23