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Romans 2:13
(for not the hearers of the Law are just before God, but the doers of the Law shall be justified;
(for not the hearers of the Law are just before God, but the doers of the Law shall be justified;
Verse Romans 2:13. _FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW_, c.] It does not follow, because one people are favoured with a Divine revelation, that therefore _they_ shall be _saved_ while the others who have...
FOR NOT THE HEARERS ... - The same sentiment is implied in James 1:22; Matthew 7:21, Matthew 7:24; Luke 6:47. The apostle here dou
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...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
As many as sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of...
HEARERS. Greek. _akroates._ Only here and James 1:22; James 1:23; James 1:25. Compare Acts 25:23. THE. The texts omit. JUST. See...
_for not the hearers_ A parenthesis is usually begun here, and continued to the close of Romans 2:15. We prefer to dispense with it, for reasons to be given there. The present verse is naturally conne...
ΟΥ̓ ΓᾺΡ justifies the latter clause of 12. If law is a ground of sinning, law must be done, if a verdict of acquittal is to be gained. ΔΙΚΑΙΩΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ. A clear case of the forensic use of δικαιοῦν = s...
These verses bring out, further, the principle of judgment in accordance with the opportunities a man has had and the use he has made of them. Privilege does not exempt from judgment but heightens res...
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...
ΑΚΡΟΑΤΉΣ (G202) тот, кто слышит, ΠΟΙΗΤΉΣ (G4163) тот, кто делает. Об окончании этих двух имен, обозначающих лицо, которое выполняет действие, _см._ МН, 364f. ΔΙΚΑΙΩΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΔΙΚΑ...
FOR NOT THE HEARERS, &C.— This, and Romans 2:14 are a comment upon the 20th verse. In Romans 2:13 he remarks upon the _latter_ part of the 12th, that _enjoying_ the advantages of revelation will not s...
_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 2:12-16. For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; Romans 2:13 for not the hearer...
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW - that is, the mere possessors of it, "are just before God, but the...
_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...
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...
THE LAW] RV 'a law.' JUSTIFIED] i.e. declared righteous at the Judgment....
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 *...
FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW. — The parenthesis should not be placed here (as usually in the Authorised version), but at the beginning of the next verse. The present verse is explanatory of that whi...
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-...
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...
This is the principle of judgment, for not the hearers of law (the Mosaic or any other) are just with God, but the law doers shall be justified. ἀκροαταὶ tends to mean “pupils,” constant hearers, who...
THE SEARCHER OF ALL HEARTS Romans 2:12 The Apostle goes on to show that all men, whether Jews or Gentiles, will be judged by the same standard. For the Jew that law was written upon the pages of the...
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...
(5) (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be (h) justified. (5) He prevents an objection which might be made by the Jews whom the law does not excuse,...
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...
“ _For not the hearers of the law are just before God; but the doers of the law, they shall be justified._ ” Why _hearers_ rather than possessors or readers? To describe the position of the Jews who _...
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (13) (For not the hearers of the law just before God, but the do...
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...
13. _For the hearers of the law, etc. _This anticipates an objection which the Jews might have adduced. As they had heard that the law was the rule of righteousness, (Deuteronomy 4:1,) they gloried in...
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...
FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW ARE JUST BEFORE GOD,.... The apostle here shows, that the Jews were justly condemned, notwithstanding their having and hearing of the law; since hearing without doing it...
(For not the hearers of the law _are_ just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Ver. 13. _But the doers of the law_] The Scriptures are _verba vivenda non legenda, _ as Egidins, A...
_For not the hearers of the law_ Those who are only hearers; _are_ Even now; _just_ δικαιοι, _righteous_, that is, accounted and dealt with as righteous persons; _before God_ Here the apostle condemns...
HEARERS OF THE LAW; those who have a written revelation of the will of God, and know their duty. DOERS OF THE LAW; those who do their duty....
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...
FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW ARE JUST BEFORE GOD, BUT THE DOERS OF THE LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED: Having or recognizing law isn't enough. Many people 'listen' to the Word of God, but listening by itse...
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...
This and the two following verses are included in a parenthesis, and they serve to obviate an objection against what was said, ROMANS 2:12. The Jews might plead, that they were superior to the Gentile...
for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified [Of course, the Jew had a great advantage over the Gentile in that he possessed the law--Paul himself co...
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity nor is there exception of persons with God; since it is not hearers of the law who are justified by the Lord, but doers, according to what the apostle withal say...
Romans 2:13 for G1063 not G3756 hearers G202 law G3551 just G1342 sight G3844 God G2316 but G235 doers...
‘For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law will be justified,' And this is because the question is not whether men have been willing to hear and listen to the Law be...
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...
ALL WILL BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR OWN MORAL CODE (2:12-16). Paul now stresses that all men, as well as the Jews, have a moral code by which they live, and by which they will be judged, and tha...
Romans 2:13. FOR. This introduces the proof of the latter part of Romans 2:12. The parenthesis of the E. V. is not only unnecessary, but misleading; for it improperly connects Romans 2:16 (which see)...
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...
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...
NOT THE HEARERS--BUT THE DOERS (ου γαρ ο ακροαται--αλλ' ο ποιητα). The law was read in the synagogue, but there was no actual virtue in listening. The virtue is in doing. See a like contrast by Jam...
THE LAW A law. The statement is general, true of "a law," any law....
Romans 2:12 I. What does the Apostle mean when he says that certain persons shall perish without law? Is he aggravating their condemnation, and telling us that they shall have judgment without mercy,...
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...
BUT BY DOING. The Jew heard the Law, but did not obey it. Therefore it did him no good. Only those who obey the Law can be put right with God by it. [The technical term is _justified._] Whether there...
_For not the hearers of the law are Just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified._ HEARERS What the apostle says about the Jews is equally applicable to many so-called Christians. Mu...
_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 2:13. NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW.—Jewish writers held that no circumcised person goes to hell. St. Paul confutes all vain opinions. The literal meaning of δικαιοῦν is to make...
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 John 2:29; 1 John 3:7; Acts 13:39; Deuteronomy 30:12; Deuteronomy 4
Hearers [α κ ρ ο α τ α ι]. Like the Jews, who heard it regularly in the synagogues. Only here in Paul. Three times in James. It brings out, better than the participle oiJ ajkouontev those that hear, t...
For not the hearers of the law are, even now, just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified — Finally acquitted and rewarded a most sure and important truth, which respects the gentiles...
That is, not the BARE HEARERS of the law shall, upon that account, be just before God, but the DOERS of the law shall be JUSTIFIED; that is, accepted of God, as acting suitable to their holy professio...