Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 2:26
If the uncircumcision — That is, a person uncircumcised. Keep the law — Walk agreeably to it. Shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision — In the sight of God?
If the uncircumcision — That is, a person uncircumcised. Keep the law — Walk agreeably to it. Shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision — In the sight of God?
Verse 26. _THEREFORE IF THE UNCIRCUMCISION_, c.] If the _Gentile_ be found to act according to the _spirit_ and _design_ of the _law_, his acting thus uprightly, according to the light which God has a...
THEREFORE, IF THE UNCIRCUMCISION - If those who are not circumcised, that is, the pagan. KEEP THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW - Keep what the Law of Moses commands. It could not be supposed that a pagan...
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 .)...
Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his PRIDE OF LAW, MADE VOID BY DISLOYALTY. Romans 2:17. His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew, etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21 : the comm...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
If you are called by the name of Jew, if you take your rest in the Law, if you boast in God and know his will, if you give your approval to the excellent things, if you are instructed in the Law, if y...
RIGHTEOUSNESS. righteous requirements. Greek. _dikaioma._ App-191. SHALL. will. NOT. App-105. COUNTED. Same as "think", Romans 2:3. i.e. in the day of Romans 2:5....
_Therefore_, &c. St Paul reasons from his last statement, as from what is self-evident to conscience. _the uncircumcision_ i.e., probably, "the uncircumcised man;" for see below, "_his_uncircumcision....
The nexus is marked by the particles—οὖν (21) sums up the privileges and introduces, in the form of questions, the contrast in the actual facts; γὰρ (24) implies the answer yes to the preceding questi...
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
26 F. It follows that the formal positions of Jew and Gentile may be reversed. Ἡ�. Abstract for concrete = the Gentiles; to emphasise the absence of the formal condition. ΤᾺ ΔΙΚΑΙΏΜΑΤΑ—the ordinance...
ΔΙΚΑΊΩΜΑ (G1345) постановление, предписания для людей (_см._ Romans 1:32). ΦΥΛΆΣΣΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ (G5442) соблюдать, выполнять, ΛΟΓΙΣΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) ра...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW— Mr. Locke renders the original words δικαιωματα του νομου _the rectitudes of the law,_ in an appropriated sense of the word _rectitude!_ This rule of their actions, all m...
_TEXT_ Romans 2:25-29. For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. Romans 2:26If therefore the...
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? THEREFORE IF THE UNCIRCUMCISION KEEP THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW, [ ta...
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_ 16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
2:26 requirements (g-7) _ Dikaioma_ , as 'righteous judgment,' ch. 1.32. reckoned (h-16) Often translated 'imputed' in A.V....
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 UNCIRCUMCISION] i.e. the uncircumcised man. RIGHTEOUSNESS] RV 'ordinances': cp. Acts 10:35....
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 *...
(25-29) This section forms a connecting-link with the opening of the next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two sides, the one outward and formal, the other inward and real. I...
f. Here the inference is drawn from the principle laid down in Romans 2:25. This being so, Paul argues, if the uncircumcision maintain the just requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be...
HE REQUIRES HEART-OBEDIENCE Romans 2:21 The Jew relied upon the position given him by the privileges and rites of Judaism, although his religious life, as such, had shrunk within these outward things...
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 if the (q) uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his (r) uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? (q) This is the figure of speech metonymy, and means "uncircumcise...
_Shall not his uncircumcision (Literally, his præputium [foreskin]) be reputed for circumcision? Nonne præputium illius in circumcisionem reputabitur? Greek: e peritome sou akrobustia gegonen. A trans...
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 _second part_ of the chapter, Romans 2:17-29, contains _the application_ of the principles laid down in the first. After expressing himself in a general and more or less abstract way, Paul address...
“ _For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. If then the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, shal...
VV. 26, 27 describe the opposite case: the transformation of the obedient Gentile into a Jew, according to the judgment of God. This transformation, being the logical consequence of the preceding, is...
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And a...
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...
26._If then the uncircumcision, etc. _This is a very strong argument. Every thing is below its end and subordinate to it. Circumcision looks to the law, and must therefore be inferior to it: it is the...
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 IF THE UNCIRCUMCISION KEEP,.... These words are spoken hypothetically; if any such persons could be found among the Gentiles who keep the whole law of God; and can only be absolutely underst...
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Ver. 26. _If the uncircumcision_] Which it can never do. But admit it coul...
_For circumcision verily profiteth_ He does not say _justifieth._ How far it profited is shown in the third and fourth Chapter s: _if thou keep the law_ Here, as in many other passages, the apostle sp...
THE UNCIRCUMCISION; those who have not been circumcised. KEEP THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW; do from the light of nature the things which the law requires, verse Romans 2:14....
False and true circumcision:...
THEREFORE, IF THE UNCIRCUMCISION KEEP THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW, SHALL NOT HIS UNCIRCUMCISION BE COUNTED FOR CIRCUMCISION?...
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 2:17-29 1. What is the difference between an inward Jew and an outward Jew? a. What was an outward Jew? i. Circumcised ii. Good self-image 1. Name Jew means a lot to him 2. Rested in the...
IF THEREFORE THE UNCIRCUMCISION KEEP THE ORDINANCES OF THE LAW, SHALL NOT HIS UNCIRCUMCISION BE RECKONED FOR CIRCUMCISION? The reverse was also true. (Act_10:-12) And yet, in all of this, the moral G...
25-29 No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit, without regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking an interest in the righteousness of God by faith. For he is no more a Christian now, t...
THE UNCIRCUMCISION; i.e. the uncircumcised; a figurative and frequent way of speaking: see ROMANS 3:30, ROMANS 4:9. KEEP THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW; which none of them ever did; but admit they could...
If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision? [In verse 25 the apostle takes up the case of the Jew; in verse 26 that of th...
Romans 2:26 Therefore G3767 if G1437 uncircumcised G203 keeps G5442 (G5725) requirements G1345 law G3551 will G3049 not
‘If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?' This then leads on to a more startling claim by Paul, and that is that if th...
WILL NOT CIRCUMCISION ENSURE THAT THE JEW IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY BY GOD? (2:25-29). The Jew then goes on to his second argument. If the possession of the Law and the benefits described above will not...
THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE JEW. PAUL IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION - ‘DOES NOT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES WITH IT, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS CIRCUMCISED INTO GOD'S COVENANT...
_2. The Jew is Condemned; His External Circumcision does not Avail._ This section contains the direct application to the case of the Jew, in the form of an indignant outburst (Romans 2:17-24), much of...
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 2:26. IF THEREFORE. The unholy Jew virtually becomes a Gentile (Romans 2:25), does not the obedient Gentile virtually become a Jew? THE UNCIRCUMCISION. The Jewish expression for ‘the uncircumc...
KEEP (φυλασση). Present subjunctive with εαν, condition of third class, mere supposition like that in verse Romans 2:25, "keep on keeping" perfectly, Paul means.FOR (εις). As often in N.T....
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:3). _...
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...
Romans 2:25. _For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision._ Paul is dealing with the Jew, who was apt to thin...
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...
IF THE GENTILE. The Gentile who obeys is "circumcised in spirit," that is, he becomes a descendant of Abraham (Galatians 3:29). The disobedient Jew is no better than a Gentile. The obedient Gentile is...
_Behold, thou art called a Jew._ THE JEWS ALSO WITHOUT EXCUSE Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equitable...
_For circumcision verily profiteth if thou keep the law._ CIRCUMCISION IN RELATION TO BAPTISM I. Its institution (Genesis 17:9). It is called “the covenant,” and “the token of the covenant,” which Go...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:25 The Jews tended to believe that they would be spared at the last judgment because of their CIRCUMCISION (Genesis 17:9;...
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 2:27.—φύσεως plainly means here what we call a state of nature, in distinction from a state in which a revelation is enjoyed. Romans 2:29.—Olshausen says that Ruchert is right...
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 7:18; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Acts 10:2; Acts 10:34;...