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Verse Romans 2:8. _BUT UNTO THEM_, c.]
2. He will manifest his _indignation_, and inflict _wrath_ -
punishment, on all who are _contentious_ - who obstinately dispute
against the truth, and _obey_ _u...
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WHO ARE CONTENTIOUS - This expression usually denotes those who are of
a quarrelsome or litigious disposition; and generally has reference to
controversies among people. But here it evidently denotes...
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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 .)...
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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...
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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...
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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
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CONTENTIOUS. of (Greek. _ek._ App-104.) contention. Greek. _eritheia._
Here, 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:20;...
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_contentious_ Lit. OUT OF PARTISANSHIP, or FACTIOUSNESS; (the same
construction as "of the truth;" John 18:37). The phrase implies
connexion and attachment; as here, "those who belong to, can be
class...
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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...
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ἘΞ ἘΡΙΘΊΑΣ. From the literal sense of ‘work for hire,’
through the political sense of ‘self-seeking or partisan
factiousness’ (cf. Galatians 5:20), the word gets the general
ethical sense of ‘self-see...
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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...
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DO NOT OBEY THE TRUTH— Though by _the truth_ the Gospel be here
meant, yet St. Paul seems plainly to have used the term _truth_ with
an eye to the Jews; for, though some few of them received the Gospe...
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_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...
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_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...
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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS, [ tois (G3588) de (G1161) ex
(G1537) erithei...
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_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...
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CONTENTIONS] RV 'factions,' i.e. upholding their ideas and traditions
against God's voice: cp. John 5:44.
INDIGNATION] RV 'shall be indignation.'...
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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...
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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 *...
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BUT UNTO THEM ... — The scholar will observe that in the original
Greek the construction is changed. At the end of Romans 2:7 is an
accusative “(he will render) eternal life;” here we have the
nominat...
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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-...
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τοῖς δὲ ἐξ ἐριθείας : for the use of ἐκ, _cf._
Romans 3:26, τὸν ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ; Galatians 3:7,
οἱ ἐκ πίστεως; Ch. Romans 4:14, οἱ ἐκ νόμου.
Lightfoot suggests that it is better to supply πράσσουσιν,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the (e) truth, but
obey unrighteousness, (f) indignation and wrath,
(e) By "truth" he means the knowledge which we naturally have.
(f) God's indig...
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“ _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...
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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...
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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...
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8._But to those who are contentious, etc. _There is some irregularity
in the passage; first, on account of its tenor being interrupted, for
the thread of the discourse required, that the second clause...
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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...
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BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS,.... This is a description of the
other sort of persons to whom God will render according to their
deeds, "who are of the contention"; who contend for victory, and n...
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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Ver. 8. _But unto them that are contentious_] That wrangle and
thwartle against cleares...
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_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...
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THEM THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS; who contend against the truth, rebel
against God, and do what they know to be wrong....
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The righteous judgment of God:...
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BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS AND DO NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, BUT OBEY
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, INDIGNATION AND WRATH,...
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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...
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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...
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BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE FACTIOUS, AND OBEY NOT THE TRUTH, BUT OBEY
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, SHALL BE WRATH AND INDIGNATION,
'Factious' -'Selfishly ambitious' (NASV); 'Seek their own' (Alf);
'Self-seeking peo...
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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...
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THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS; or, that are of contention: so, _they of the
circumcision, _ for such as are circumcised, ACTS 10:45 GALATIANS
2:12. By _contentious, _ understand such as are refractory and
self...
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but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation [to those who, by
steadfastly leading a life of work (which, as Olshausen observes, no...
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Theophilus to Autolycus Book I
But to the unbelieving and despisers, who obey not the truth, but are
obedient to unrighteousness, when they shall have been filled with
adulteries and fornications, an...
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Romans 2:8 but G1161 self-seeking G1537 G2052 and G2532 obey G544
(G5723) G3303 truth G225 but...
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‘But to those who are factious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, wrath and indignation; tribulation and anguish, on
every soul of man who works evil, of the Jew first, and also of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Romans 2:8. TO THEM THAT ARE SELF-SEEKING. Lit., ‘them of faction.'
‘Contentious' is not exact, since the word is derived from serve,
meaning to work for hire. In the New Testament the derivative alwa...
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BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE FACTIOUS AND OBEY NOT THE TRUTH BUT OBEY
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(τοις δε εξ εριθειας κα απειθουσιν τη
αληθεια πειθομενοις δε αδικια). The other
side with δε and the articular present...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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OTHER MEN ARE SELFISH. This verse shows the character of the wicked.
Romans 2:9 shows their punishment. God lets us choose which group we
are in, and Jesus is the basis of that choice (see John 14:21-...
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_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...
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_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...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:6 Paul establishes the principle that God
judges ACCORDING TO... WORKS. In doing so, he shows NO PARTIALITY....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 11:16; 1 Peter 3:1; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:3;...
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Contentious [ε ξ ε ρ ι θ ε ι α ς]. Rev., better, factious.
Lit., of faction. See on James 3:14. Intriguers; partisan agitators.
Indignation and wrath [ο ρ γ η κ α ι θ υ μ ο ς]. See on be
patient, Jam...
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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...
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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...
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But to them that are contentious — Like thee, O Jew, who thus
fightest against God. The character of a false Jew is disobedience,
stubbornness, impatience. Indignation and wrath, tribulation and
angui...