#57. Romans 2:19-20 – The Haughty Implications, Part I
Part II: The Conduct of Humanity Besides, you have confidence in yourself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, a discipliner of the imprudent, a teacher of minors, having the form of knowledge and the truth in the law. We have seen the particle “besides,” te, appear nine times, now. I have neglected to point it out in every case, but I wish to point out a few peculiar points concerning the term. It has been assigned a few different English words in the concordant, based on the necessary context for English idiom. We have seen it translated two ways thus far: as “both” and “besides.” It is, literally, “besides,” and sometimes “both” when two items/objects are in view. It is used in similar fashion as “and,” but varies ever-so-slightly in function. “And” adds an additional point externally – yet “besides” unites different points internally. For example, in the case of Romans 1:12, two groups of faith are in view – “yours” and “mine.” Thus te is translated as “bot...
