we are sure This is spoken as by the Apostle, not as by the Jew. He solemnly repeats the thought that man knows that judgment is to come.
judgment The original word is almost always in N. T. used of adversedecision, and in most cases of the executionof the sentence, as in the next verse.
according to truth Rather, according to reality; in awful earnest and fact.
Verse Romans 2:2. _WE ARE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT OF GOD_, c.] God is impartial, and will punish sin wheresoever he finds it. _Transgression_ in a _Jew_ is not less criminal than _iniquity_ in a _Genti...
BUT WE ARE SURE - Greek, “We know.” That is, it is the common and admitted sentiment of mankind. It is known and believed by people generally that God will punish such crimes. It is implied in this de...
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)...
ARE SURE. know. Greek. _oida._ App-132. JUDGMENT. Greek. _krima_. App-177. GOD. App-98. TRUTH. See Romans 1:18. COMMIT. Same as "do", Romans 2:1....
ΤῸ ΚΡΊΜΑ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. The ὀργή is now conceived as an act of judgment. ΚΑΤᾺ�, in accordance with truth—i.e. the true facts of GOD’S nature and man’s condition. Moral judgment ought to express the actua...
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...
ΟΤΙ (G3754) что, передает содержание знания, ΚΡΊΜΑ (G2917) суждение, решение, хорошее или плохое (RWP). ΘΕΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΘΕΌΣ (G2316) Бог. Субъектный _gen._, "суд Божий" ΤΟΙΑΎΤΑ (G5108) такой,...
IS ACCORDING TO TRUTH— The Apostle is here speaking of the general punishment of sin, in whomsoever it is found. The _judgment of God is according to truth against them_ [—all of them, Jews or Gentile...
_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...
_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...
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. BUT WE ARE SURE, [ oidamen (G1492) de (G1161)] - 'But we know;' it is a recognized principle o...
_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...
ARE SURE] RV 'know,' i.e. by reason and revelation....
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 *...
WE ARE SURE. — St. Paul assumes that this will be acknowledged as a general principle by his readers, whether Jew or Gentile, as well as by himself. There is still a strong under-current of allusion t...
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...
κατὰ ἀλήθειαν is predicate: God's judgment squares with the facts this is the whole rule of it. τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντας : those whose conduct is such as has been described. For the text, see critic...
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...
But we (a) are sure that the judgment of God is according to (b) truth against them which commit such things. (a) Paul alleges no places of scripture, for he reasons generally against all men: but he...
“ _Now we know that the sentence of God is according to truth upon them which commit such things._ ” We might give the δέ an adversative sense: “ _But_ God does not let Himself be deceived by this jud...
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...
2._But we know that the judgment of God, etc. _The design of Paul is to shake off from hypocrites their self-complacencies, that they may not think that they can really gain any thing, though they be...
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 WE ARE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT OF GOD,.... By "the judgment of God", is not meant what is exercised on and towards men in this life, but what will follow after death; which is called judgment to co...
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Ver. 2. _Which commit such_] As Cato, Romans 2:1, whom yet Velleius affirmeth to have been _homin...
_But we are sure_ Greek, οιδαμεν, _we know;_ though men may judge partially and perversely, yet God will judge uprightly; _that the judgment of God_ The sentence that he will pronounce upon persons, w...
BUT WE ARE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT OF GOD IS ACCORDING TO TRUTH AGAINST THEM WHICH COMMIT SUCH THINGS....
THE GUILT OF THE JEWS. Correct knowledge and judgment alone avails nothing:...
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...
__ Romans 2:2 And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things. 'Judgement of God' -God will judge 'ACCORDING TO TRUTH' -unlike the hypocritical judg...
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...
We know assuredly, and it is evident, both from Scripture and reason, that God's judgment, both here and hereafter, is true and upright; see 1 SAMUEL 16:7. He judgeth righteous judgment; he judgeth of...
And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practice such things....
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V The truth, therefore, will be His, whose is also the wrath, which has to be revealed to avenge the truth. Likewise, when adding, "We are sure that the judgment of Go...
Romans 2:2 But G1161 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 judgment G2917 God G2316 is G2076 (G5748) according...
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...
‘And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practise such things.' He then warns them to remember that there is Another Who will judge, Who will judge absolutely fair...
Romans 2:2. AND WE KNOW. Two very ancient manuscripts read ‘for'; but this was likely to have been an alteration. Paul thus introduces what he regards, and what his readers regard, as an undoubted tru...
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...
JUDGMENT (κριμα). Decision rendered whether good or bad.ACCORDING TO (κατα with accusative). As the rule of measure. Cf. John 7:24....
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...
WE KNOW THAT GOD IS RIGHT. Truth makes it right for God to judge those who make sin a habit, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. Compare Revelation 18:4-9....
_But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth._ GOD’S JUDGMENT IS I. Correct; according to the facts of the case. II. Impartial; according to a true moral standard, having respect...
_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...
2 Thessalonians 1:5; Acts 17:31; Daniel 4:37; Ezekiel 18:25;...
The judgment [τ ο κ ρ ι μ α]. Not the act, but the contents of the judgment....
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...
For we know — Without thy teaching That the judgment of God — Not thine, who exceptest thyself from its sentence. Is according to truth — Is just, making no exception, Romans 2:5, Romans 2:11; and rea...
As if the apostle had said, We that are Jews know, by the light of the scripture, what the Gentiles knew imperfectly by the light of nature, that the just God judges uprightly, ACCORDING TO TRUTH, and...