and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art. transgressor of the law?
'by nature' - those who refuse to live the Jewish way, i.e. choice is implied.
'fulfill the law' -obviously, not perfectly. The good moral Gentile, stood in judgement on the Jews that transgressed their own written down law. (Matthew 12:41; Matthew 11:20)
Verse 27. _AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION, WHICH IS BY NATURE_] And shall not the Gentile, who is εκ φυσεως, according to the _custom of his country_ - who is, _by birth_, not obliged to be circumcised....
WHICH IS BY NATURE - Which is the natural state of man; his condition before he is admitted to any of the unique rites of the Jewish religion. IF IT FULFIL THE LAW - If they who are uncircumcised kee...
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...
NOT. Supplied from Romans 2:26. BY. App-104. THE LETTER. that which is written. Greek. _gramma,_ i.e. _ta dikaiomata_ of Romans 2:26. DOST TRANSGRESS. art. transgressor. Greek. _parabates_, as...
_uncircumcision which is by nature_ Better, THE UNCIRCUMCISION, &c.; a phrase not easy to explain exactly. Perhaps (though the Gr. of the two passages is not quite parallel) we may illustrate by Galat...
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
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...
Ἡ ἘΚ ΦΎΣΕΩΣ�. This introduces the distinction between the external symbol and the spiritual condition. ΤῸΝ ΝΌΜΟΝ ΤΕΛΟΥ͂ΣΑ, ‘if it keep …’ or ‘by keeping …’: perhaps better = ‘which keeps …,’ τελοῦσα,...
ΚΡΊΝΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить (_см._ Romans 2:1). ΤΕΛΟΎΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΤΕΛΈΩ (G5055) доводить до конца, завершать, выполнять, ΔΙΆ (G1223) с _gen._ с. Используется для опи...
AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION, &C.— The Apostle here supposes that a heathen may be an honest, sober, good, kind, benevolent and holy man through the secret influences of the Spirit of God: for were it...
_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...
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? AND SHALL [NOT] UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE - o...
_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...
2:27 with (i-11) _ Dia_ . The expression has the sense of 'in a given state or condition,' as well as 'by means of.' Their having or possessing the letter of the law and circumcision practically puts...
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...
JUDGE] cp. v....
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...
JUDGE THEE. — Comp. Matthew 12:41, “The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it,” _et seq._ The idea is that of “putting to shame by contrast.” BY THE LETTER....
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...
And shall not (s) uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the (t) letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? (s) He who is uncircumcised by nature and race....
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...
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 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...
27._By the letter and circumcision, etc. _A construction (85) which means a literal circumcision. He does not mean that they violated the law, because they had the literal circumcision; but because th...
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...
AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE,.... That is, the Gentiles, who are by nature uncircumcised; for as circumcision was by the command of God, and performed by the art of men, uncircumcis...
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? Ver. 27. _Judge thee_] Men's guilt is increased by their...
_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...
UNCIRCUMCISION-BY NATURE; that is, the Gentile, who remains as he was born, uncircumcised. JUDGE; condemn. BY THE LETTER; with a written revelation....
False and true circumcision:...
AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE, IF IT FULFILL THE LAW, JUDGE THEE, WHO BY THE LETTER AND CIRCUMCISION DOST TRANSGRESS THE LAW?...
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...
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...
UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE; a periphrasis of the Gentiles, who want circumcision, or are by nature without it. FULFIL THE LAW; here is another word; before it was _keep, _ but now it is _fulfil...
and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law? [The Gentile, remaining as he was by nature,...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV 1. And that the Lord did not abrogate the natural [precepts] of the law, by which man[151]...
Romans 2:27 And G2532 will G2919 physically G1537 G5449 uncircumcised G203 fulfills G5055 (G5723) law G3551 judge...
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...
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...
‘And will not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?' Then logically if someone was naturally uncir...
Romans 2:27. AND SHALL NOT THE UNCIRCUMCISION. As in Romans 2:23, the main question here is whether the verse is interrogative or affirmative. Here, however, the original is more decisively in favor o...
_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...
IF IT FULFILL THE LAW (τον νομον τελουσα). Present active participle (conditional use of the participle) of τελεω, to finish, continually fulfilling to the end (as would be necessary).JUDGE THEE...
UNCIRCUMCISION The uncircumcision, that is, the Gentiles. BREAKING THE LAW SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
WILL BE CONDEMNED BY THE GENTILES. Compare Matthew 12:41-42 and notes. The obedience of the Gentiles who did not have the Law, condemned the Jews who did have the Law but did not obey it....
_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 2:1 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...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:27 THE WRITTEN CODE refers to OT laws. ⇐ ⇔...
_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...
2 Corinthians 3:6; Acts 13:22; Ezekiel 16:48; Galatians 5:14;...
Yea, the uncircumcision that is by nature — Those who are, literally speaking, uncircumcised. Fulfilling the law — As to the substance of it. Shall judge thee — Shall condemn thee in that day. Who by...