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Romans 2:1
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
CHAPTER II. _The apostle shows that the Jew, who condemns the Gentiles, and_ _considers them utterly unworthy of the blessings of the Gospel,_ _is inexcusable, because he is guilty of the same crim...
THEREFORE - Διὸ Dio. The force of this word here has been the subject of much discussion. The design of this and the following chapter is to show that the Jews were no less guilty that the Gentiles,...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Gentile Moralist and Reformer and His Condemnation. (Romans 2:1 .)_ 2. The Two Classes. (Romans 2:7 .) 3. The State of the Jew. (Romans 2:17 .)...
Some one interjects: I do not approve, I condemn the sins you describe. Then you condemn yourself, Paul retorts, for you _commit_ them! THE MORALIST UNDER CONDEMNATION, with the flagitious sinner. Thr...
So, then, O man, everyone of you who judges others, you yourself have no defence. While you judge others, you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do exactly the same things. We kn...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
THEREFORE. That is, on account of the decrees of God, Romans 1:32. INEXCUSABLE. Same word as Romans 1:20. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. WHOSOEVER, &c. Literally every one judging. JUDGEST. Gre...
Romans 2:1-16. Human sin, continued: Jews and Gentiles equal in guilt and peril: gradual approach to the Jewish question 1. _Therefore_ It is difficult to state the precise bearing of this word; the...
GOD’S wrath, thus revealed in human life through the consequences of man’s rejection of GOD, is also seen in the judgment of GOD upon man’s conduct—the only just judgment (1) because all men being imp...
ἈΝΑΠΟΛΌΓΗΤΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The consequence of this state of man, being universal, is that there is no excuse for men judging their neighbours. The statement is quite general; but Romans 2:9-11 show that the...
ΔΙΌ (G1352) следовательно. Относится либо к предыдущему разделу (1:18-32) — это значит, что человек, к которому обращаются в 2:1, причастен к греховности всего человечества (Cranfield) — либо только к...
_ROMANS 2:1_. The representation of the moral state of the heathen world, in the foregoing chapter, is a proof of the necessity of the Gospel, or of a further dispensation of grace or favour, for the...
_RETHINKING IN OUTLINE FORM_ THE NEED OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS, Romans 2:1-16 The Jews Were Truly in Need of Justification, for: If God's judgment was going to be: 1. According to truth. Roman...
_TEXT_ Romans 2:1-11. Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou are that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practice the same...
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. From those without, t...
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_ 25 There may be an allusion here to the prevalent custom of worshiping the Roman emperor. It has often occurred that, when men have attained to great eminence, they have dema...
2:1 condemnest (m-20) A play on words in Greek, strengthening the sense. The words for 'judgment' and 'condemnest' are from the same root....
THE FAILURE OF THE JEWS In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God's judgment will fall...
BY THE LETTER] RV 'with the letter,' i.e. with written law. INEXCUSABLE] RV 'without excuse': cp. Romans 1:20. JUDGES] cp. Galatians 2:15. THE SAME THINGS] of the same kind, if not so glaring....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL’S ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO *JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE 2:1-16 1. THEY CANNOT AVOID GOD’S JUDGEMENT 2:1-4 v1 So, you who *...
THEREFORE. — The description just given of the state of one section of the human race contains implicitly the condemnation of the other; for it is equally applicable to both. WHEREIN THOU JUDGEST ANO...
CHAPTER 6 HUMAN GUILT UNIVERSAL: HE APPROACHES THE CONSCIENCE OF THE JEW Romans 2:1 WE have appealed, for affirmation of St. Paul's tremendous exposure of human sin, to a solemn and deliberate self-...
διό : The Jew is ready enough to judge the Gentile. But he forgets that the same principle on which the Gentile is condemned, _viz._, that he does evil in spite of better knowledge (Romans 1:32), cond...
The Apostle has now to prove that the righteousness of God is as necessary to the Jew as to the pagan; it is the Jew who is really addressed in this chapter from the beginning, though he is not named...
LEAVE JUDGMENT UNTO GOD Romans 2:1 In this chapter the Apostle turns to address the Jews. His purpose is to prove that though they may deem themselves superior to the Gentiles and capable of judging...
It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at least...
Therefore (1) thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. (1) He convicts thos...
Wherefore thou art inexcusable, &c. He seems to give a general admonition to every one, both Jews and Gentiles, not to blame, judge, or condemn others, when perhaps he, or those of his religion, may b...
FIFTH PASSAGE (2:1-29). THE WRATH OF GOD SUSPENDED OVER THE JEWISH PEOPLE. In the midst of this flood of pollutions and iniquities which Gentile society presents to view, the apostle sees one who lik...
“ _Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things._ ” Whom is the apostl...
CONTENTS Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. (2) But we are...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
1._Therefore inexcusable art thou, O man. _]This reproof is directed against hypocrites, who dazzle the eyes of men by displays of outward sanctity, and even think themselves to be accepted before God...
Two things are presented here with respect to God; His judgment against evil the evil-doer shall not escape (the real difference of right and wrong would be maintained by judgment); and His mercy, pat...
THEREFORE THOU ART INEXCUSABLE, O MAN,.... Some think, from the connection of these words with the preceding chapter, that the Gentiles are here meant; and particularly those among them who seemed to...
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Ver. 1. _Therefore thou...
Rom 2:1; Romans 1:32. "Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Therefore thou art inexcu...
_Therefore_, &c. The apostle, having shown that the Gentiles could not entertain the least hope of salvation, according to the tenor of the law of nature, which they violated, proceeds next to conside...
THAT JUDGEST; that condemnest others on account of their sins. The apostle has in mind the Jews especially. DOEST THE SAME; committest similar sins. Men often practise what they condemn in others, wi...
THE CASE OF THE CULTURED GREEK But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never considering that the same judg...
ROMANS 2:1-16 1. Is anyone going to escape the judgment of God? a. What does Paul mean when he says, "There is not respect of persons with God?" i. Good and bad will be judged with fairness ii. Th...
WHEREFORE THOU ART WITHOUT EXCUSE,. MAN, WHOSOEVER THOU ART THAT JUDGEST: FOR WHEREIN THOU JUDGES ANOTHER, THOU CONDEMNEST THYSELF; FOR THOU THAT JUDGEST DOST PRACTISE THE SAME THINGS. 1. Some, unfo...
1-16 The Jews thought themselves a holy people, entitled to their privileges by right, while they were unthankful, rebellious, and unrighteous. But all who act thus, of every nation, age, and descrip...
ROMANS CHAPTER 2 ROMANS 2:1 They that condemn sin in others, and are guilty of the like themselves, cannot escape God's judgment, ROMANS 2:6 which will be according to every man's deserts, without dis...
Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same thing. [The apostle,...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews But dost thou hope, who judgest those who do evil, and doest the same, that thou thyself shalt escape the judgment of God"[534]...
Romans 2:1 Therefore G1352 are G1488 (G5748) inexcusable G379 O G5599 man G444 whoever G3956 judge G2919 ...
EVEN RESPECTABLE MEN, JUDGES, PHILOSOPHERS, RABBIS AND JEWS COME UNDER GOD'S JUDGMENT AS SINNERS (2:1-16). Having demonstrated the sinfulness and inexcusability of the majority of mankind, Paul now tu...
PAUL CHALLENGES ALL WHO JUDGE OTHERS TO CONSIDER WHAT IT INVOLVES FOR THEMSELVES (2:1-5). ‘For this reason you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judges, for in that in which you judge an...
2. THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS, AS A PROOF OF THEIR NEED OF THE GOSPEL. This passage contains the second part of the proof of the universality of sin, and hence of the universal need of the gospel, whe...
Romans 2:1. THEREFORE. This refers to the preceding section (Romans 2:18-29), especially to the inexcusableness of the heathen, the culminating proof of which is found in Rom. 2:32. WITHOUT EXCUSE; a...
1. _The Ground on which all men are Judged_ The Jews would at once assent to the truthfulness of the previous description; but while condemning the Gentiles, they would mentally excuse themselves. To...
WHEREFORE (διο). See Romans 1:24; Romans 1:26 for this relative conjunction, "because of which thing."WITHOUT EXCUSE (αναπολογητος). See on Romans 1:21.WHOSOEVER THOU ART THAT JUDGEST (πας ο κρι...
Romans 2 The Practical Outcome of Judaism. I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just, inevitable, and impa...
CONTENTS: The equal standing of Jew and Gentile before the justice of God. Morality apart from Christ useless as means of salvation. Jews knowing the law condemned by the law. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLU...
Romans 2:1. _Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man,_ whether Roman or Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is acc...
DO YOU? Paul has shown in _chapter 1_ just why God's wrath comes on the Gentiles. Now he shows the Jews that they are no better, even though they had God's special revelation, the Old Testament. The J...
_Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest._ MAN’S INEXCUSABLENESS I. Because-- 1. He has a knowledge of his duty. 2. He was created with ability to perform it. 3. He...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:1 Most interpreters say that Paul focuses on the sin of the Jews throughout this chapter. Another view is that the sin of the moral person (whether Jewish or Gentile) who judge...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 2:1. THEREFORE THOU ART INEXCUSABLE, O MAN.—διό, because the above description of the wickedness of mankind is true (in its main features) universally. O MAN.—A general designa...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 2:1 (_b_) _Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. _Here a new stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans 1:18, begins, and is continued to the end...
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges (Romans 2:1): You see, I read this list and I say, "Oh, yes, it is horrible. My, I just don't know what we are going to do, the w...
1 Corinthians 7:16; 2 Samuel 12:5; James 2:20; James 4:11; John 8:7;...
O man. General, but still with a general and slightly reproachful reference to the Jew. Judgest [κ ρ ι ν ω ν]. With the sense of condemning....
THE SINFUL HEART Romans 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God's X-ray picture of the human heart. At the close of the first chapter of Romans, there is such a graphic description of the heart of sin, that...
THE WRATH AND JUDGMENTS OF GOD Romans 1:32; Romans 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we listen to the pulsings of twentieth century thought, we find that God is not only being denied by many, but his wrath...
Therefore — The apostle now makes a transition from the gentiles to the Jews, till, at Romans 2:6, he comprises both. Thou art inexcusable — Seeing knowledge without practice only increases guilt. O m...
Lest the Jews should swell and be puffed up with pride, by hearing what the apostle said in the former chapter, of the detestable wickedness of the Gentiles, and the heavy displeasure of God against t...