KJV King James Version
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;
an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
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