Verse Lens · Context pointer
Romans 2:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20An 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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Role in This Section
This verse completes the teacher profile with instruction, knowledge, truth, and Torah.
Read It With
- Romans 2:17–29
Read Romans 2:20 with 2:17–29. This verse completes the teacher profile with instruction, knowledge, truth, and Torah. The complete unit establishes: Paul confronts a representative who boasts in law yet transgresses and contrasts visible status with hidden divine work.
Why It Needs Context
The complete movement in Romans 2:17–29 supplies the speaker, scriptural logic, objection, qualification, or outcome that gives this line its force; isolated teaching would detach it from those controls.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Romans 2:17–29 — Boasting in Law Is Exposed by Disobedience; True Praise Comes from GodSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Romans 2:17–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, and base text for original-language discussion.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Rom.txt, 2:17–29
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