2:7 works, (a-9) Lit. 'good work,' singular. incorruptibility, (b-16) Not 'immortality;' the resurrection, or change, of the body is looked for; and it is thus a part of Christian truth. see 2 Timothy 1:10 .
Verse Romans 2:7. _TO THEM_, c.] In this manner will God, in the great day, dispense punishments and rewards: 1. He will give eternal life to them who, in all the _trials_ and _difficulties_ of the p...
TO THEM - Whoever they may be. PATIENT CONTINUANCE - Who by perseverance in well doing, or in a good work. It means that they who so continue, or persevere, in good works as to evince that they are di...
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)...
BY. according to, as in Romans 2:2. PATIENT CONTINUANCE. patience. IN WELL DOING. Literally of. good work. GLORY. See Romans 1:23. IMMORTALITY. incorruption. Greek. _aphthartis._ Here,...
_to them who by patient continuance_, &c. More lit., TO THOSE WHO ACCORDING TO PATIENCE OF (i.e. IN) A GOOD WORK SEEK, &c.; i.e., who, in that method, by that path, seek for eternal bliss. "_Patience_...
ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΜῈΝ. Explanatory, therefore the asyndeton. The rhythmical movement and the balanced antitheses of these clauses decide two ambiguities: (1) ζητοῦσιν governs the preceding accusatives; (2) there...
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...
ΎΠΟΜΟΝΉ (G5281) выдержка, терпение, выносливость (TLNT; TDNT; EDNT). ΆΦΘΑΡΣΊΑ (G861) нетленность, бессмертие, ΖΗΤΟΫ́ΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. dat. pl. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать. Subst. part. подчеркива...
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...
BY PATIENT CONTINUANCE— _Patient,_ in this verse, seems to be opposed to _contentious_ in the next: the former referring to the patience of Christians under Jewish persecutions, the latter to the bitt...
_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...
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: TO THEM WHO BY PATIENT CONTINUANCE IN (OR 'PATIENCE IN') WELL-DOING - referring to the endu...
_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 *...
TO THEM WHO. — Before the words “eternal life,” at the end of the verse, we must supply “He will render.” The phrase “glory, and honour, and immortality” is practically equivalent to “eternal life.” “...
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...
καθʼ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ : _cf._ the collective ἔργον “life-work”: S. and H. in Romans 2:15 : “by way of stedfastness in well-doing”. δόξαν = the glory of the future life, as revealed in the Risen S...
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...
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for (d) glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: (d) Glory which follows good works, which he does not lay out before us as though there we...
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...
“ _To them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory and honor and immortality_, [to such] _eternal life: but for them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unright...
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...
7._To them indeed, who by perseverance, etc._; literally, _patience; _by which word something more is expressed. For it is perseverance, when one is not wearied in constantly doing good; but patience...
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...
TO THEM WHO BY PATIENT CONTINUANCE IN WELL DOING,.... These words are descriptive of one sort of persons, to whom God will render according to their works; and must be understood not of the Gentiles,...
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: Ver. 7. _Who by patient continuance_] Or, by suffering persecution for righteousness' sake. G...
_But after thy hardness_ Greek, κατα τηυ σκληροτητα, _according to thy_ obduracy, or insensibility of mind; _and impenitent_ Αμετανοητον, inconsiderate, unreflecting, and unrelenting _heart_, by reaso...
The righteous judgment of God:...
TO THEM WHO BY PATIENT CONTINUANCE IN WELL-DOING SEEK FOR GLORY AND HONOR AND IMMORTALITY, ETERNAL LIFE;...
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...
TO THEM THAT BY PATIENCE IN WELL-DOING SEEK FOR GLORY AND HONOR AND INCORRUPTION, ETERNAL LIFE: 'Patience in well doing' -'insistent good behaviour strive' (Ber); 'steadfast endurance in well-doing'...
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...
What he had laid down in general, he amplifies more particularly. PATIENT CONTINUANCE; or perseverance IN WELL DOING, which implies patience: see MATTHEW 2:22; MATTHEW 10:13 HEBREWS 10:36. IMMORTALITY...
to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life :...
Theophilus to Autolycus Book I For He who gave the mouth for speech, and formed the ear to hear, and made the eye to see, will examine all things, and will judge righteous judgment, rendering merited...
Romans 2:7 eternal G166 life G2222 by G3303 G2596 continuance G5281 doing G2041 good G18 seek G2212 ...
‘To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life,' For God will in that day render to those who by patient endurance in well-doing seek for glory (from...
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...
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...
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...
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 2:7. BY ENDURANCE, perseverance, steadfastness, rather than ‘patience,' is the idea of the word, and the preposition in the original points to the standard according to which the action is perf...
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...
TO THEM THAT SEEK (τοις μεν--ζητουσιν). Dative plural of the articular present active participle of ζητεω with μεν on the one hand.ETERNAL LIFE (ζωην αιωνιον). Accusative case object of αποδωσε a...
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...
SOME MEN KEEP ON DOING GOOD. Even though salvation is based entirely on God's act in Christ, we save ourselves by a series of actions (see Philippians 2:12; Acts 2:40; 1 Corinthians 15:58;...
_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...
_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 2:6 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 Corinthians 15:53; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 John 2:25;...
Eternal life. Supply He will render....
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...
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...
To them that seek for glory — For pure love does not exclude faith, hope, desire, 1 Corinthians 15:58....
Is immortality acquired or possessed? PROBLEM: Paul speaks here of “seeking” immortality. He also refers to acquiring it at the resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:53). However, Jesus taught that the soul...