Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 2:10
But glory — Just opposite to "wrath," from the divine approbation. Honour — Opposite to "indignation," by the divine appointment; and peace now and for ever, opposed to tribulation and anguish.
But glory — Just opposite to "wrath," from the divine approbation. Honour — Opposite to "indignation," by the divine appointment; and peace now and for ever, opposed to tribulation and anguish.
Verse Romans 2:10. _BUT GLORY, HONOUR, AND PEACE_] While the finally impenitent Jew and Gentile shall experience the fullest effects of the righteous indignation of the supreme Judge, even man that _...
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)...
WORKETH. Greek. _ergazomai,_ as Romans 4:1....
_glory, honour, and peace_ A beautiful return to the thought of Romans 2:7, as if out of an abundance of inspired love and hope. "_Peace_" may here bear a special reference to the _peace of acceptance...
ΕἸΡΉΝΗ replaces ἀφθαρσία, wider and more ethical: peace with GOD and man, characterising the true life; in contrast also with ἐξ ἐριθείας....
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...
ΈΡΓΑΖΟΜΈΝΩ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΕΡΓΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G2038) работать, делать. _Praes._ указывает на длительное завершеннов действие, которое никто не способен выполнить в совершенстве (Моо)....
DISCOURSE: 1825 THE RULE OF GOD’S FUTURE JUDGMENT Romans 2:6. Who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immort...
UPON EVERY SOUL, &C.— We see by these two verses, and chap. Romans 1:16 how carefully St. Paul lays it down, that there was now under the Gospel no other national distinction between Jews and Gentiles...
_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...
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: BUT GLORY, HONOUR, AND PEACE, TO EVERY MAN THAT WORKETH GOOD, TO THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO TO...
_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...
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 *...
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...
f. εἰρήνη is probably = שָׁלוֹם, a comprehensive term, rather = salvation, than peace in any narrower sense. The Jew still comes first, but it is only order that is involved: the same principle underl...
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...
_Of the Jew first, and also the Greek. That is, God, as a just judge, will not have any respect to their persons, but punish or reward both Jews and Gentiles, according to their good or bad works. And...
_ VV._ 10. The third term: _peace_, describes the subjective feeling of the saved man at the time when glory and honor are conferred on him by the judge. It is the profound peace which is produced by...
“ _Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that effecteth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; but glory and honor and peace to every man that doeth good, to the Jew first, and also t...
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...
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...
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...
BUT GLORY, HONOUR, AND PEACE,.... Which are so many words for the everlasting happiness of the saints; which is a "crown of glory that fadeth not away" (1 Peter 5:4); an honour exceeding that of the g...
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: Ver. 10. _Peace_] Safety here and salvation hereafter. _ To every man that worketh good_] Yet...
_But unto them that are contentious_ Like thee, O Jew, who thus fightest against God. The character of the unbelieving Jews was disobedience, stubbornness, and impatience. Mr. Locke thinks the origina...
THE JEW FIRST; on account of his wise improvement of his peculiar blessings. Matthew 25:21; LUKE 19:17. Great advantages, if rightly improved, will be the means of increasing future blessedness; if ne...
BUT GLORY, HONOR, AND PEACE TO EVERY MAN THAT WORKETH GOOD, TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE GENTILE. The goodness of God, far from being an excuse for false security, rather, when abused, results in...
The righteous judgment of God:...
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...
GENTILE: _ Gr._ Greek...
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...
PEACE; what he called immortality, ROMANS 2:7, he now calls _peace; _ which word, according to the usual acceptation of it amongst the Hebrews, is comprehensive of all good and happiness, both here an...
but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek :...
Romans 2:10 but G1161 G2532 glory G1391 honor G5092 and G2532 peace G1515 everyone G3956 works G2038 ...
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...
GOD WILL BE IMPARTIAL IN JUDGMENT (2:6-11). As mentioned above this new section is in the form of a chiasmus. The chiasmus was found regularly in the works of Moses, and in other books of the Old Tes...
‘But glory and honour and peace to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek,' But lest the Jew think that he is prejudiced against them by suggesting that they are first on Go...
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...
Romans 2:7-10. The parallelism will appear from the following arrangement: A To them that by endurance in good work Seek for gory and honor and incorruption, Eternal life: B But to them that are se...
Romans 2:10. GLORY AND HONOR AND PEACE. (Comp. Romans 2:7.) ‘Peace' is here used in its fullest sense; in the Old Testament it includes ‘peace, plenty, and prosperity,' but with more of a temporal ref...
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 GOD WILL GIVE GLORY. Glory, honor, and peace are the eternal reward of those who do what is good. Again, the Jew stands _first in line,_ because he heard about it first. [But no man really does go...
_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...
_To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life._ CONTRASTS I. In aim. II. In conduct. III. In result. (_J. Lyth, D. D._) WELL-DOING I. T...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:6 Paul establishes the principle that God judges ACCORDING TO... WORKS. In doing so, he shows NO PARTIALITY....
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 2:5.—Thou art hoping to escape the judgment of God, but instead art heaping up treasure of wrath. It is not God who treasures up, but thy destruction is from thyself. Romans...
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 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 5:4; 1 Samuel 2:30; Acts 10:35; Galatians 5:22;...
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...