Without law] i.e. without a revealed law of right and wrong. In the law] RV 'under law.' By the law] RV 'by law.' The expression 'the law' means the Law of Moses; 'law,' without the article, means law in general, 'the will of God for man's conduct.' St. Paul regards the pre-Messianic period as essentially a period of law, both for Jew and for Gentile' (Sanday and Headlam).
Verse Romans 2:12. _FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW_, c.] They, viz. the _Gentiles_, who shall be found to have transgressed against the mere _light of nature_, or rather, _that true light tha...
FOR - This is used to give a reason for what he had just said, or to show on what principles God would treat man, so as not to be a respecter of persons. AS MANY - Whosoever. This includes all who hav...
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...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
As many as sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of...
HAVE. Omit. The standpoint is the judgment time. SINNED. Greek. _hamartano._ App-128. WITHOUT LAW. Greek. _anomos_. Only here. ALSO PERISH. perish also. The Mosaic Law will not be cited against non...
_For as many as have sinned_ The equality of Jew and Gentile is here pursued, not (as might have been expected from Romans 2:11) in the direction of privilege, but in that of responsibility and judgme...
These verses bring out, further, the principle of judgment in accordance with the opportunities a man has had and the use he has made of them. Privilege does not exempt from judgment but heightens res...
ὍΣΟΙ. All without distinction. ἈΝΌΜΩΣ. The antithesis ἐν νόμῳ and διὰ νόμου and the parallel τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα, prove that ἀν. = without law (not ‘against law,’ as 1 Timothy 1:9 (?)); cf. 1 Corinthia...
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...
ΟΣΟΙ (G3745) те, кто; принадлежащие к одному классу или группе, ΆΝΌΜΩΣ (G460) _adv._ без закона, не имеющий закона, ΉΜΑΡΤΟΝ (G264) _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΡΜΑΤΆΝΩ грешить. Вневременной _aor._ (RWP). Ά...
WITHOUT LAW—WITHOUT LAW— _Without the law,_ &c. Those _under the law,_ St. Paul says, _shall be judged by the law;_ and this is easy to conceive: because they were under a positive injunction, wherein...
_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...
_TEXT_ Romans 2:12-16. For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; Romans 2:13 for not the hearer...
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED, [ heemarton (G264)] - 'For as man...
_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...
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 *...
Jew and Gentile alike will be judged, each by the method proper to his case; the Jew by the written Law against which he has sinned, the Gentile by the unwritten law of conscience against which he too...
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...
ἀνόμως means “without law,” not necessarily “without _the_ law”. In point of fact, no doubt, there was only one law given by God, the Mosaic, and Paul is arguing against those who imagined that the me...
THE SEARCHER OF ALL HEARTS Romans 2:12 The Apostle goes on to show that all men, whether Jews or Gentiles, will be judged by the same standard. For the Jew that law was written upon the pages of the...
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...
(4) For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (4) He applies that general accusation against mankind part...
_Whosoever have sinned without the law. That is, without the written law of Moses, against their reason and conscience, &c. And also those who being Jews, have sinned under this written law, shall be...
“ _For there is no respect of persons with God. For all those who have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and all those who have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law._ ” The pri...
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 as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (13) (For not the hearers of the law just before God, but the do...
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...
12._Whosoever have sinned without law, _(69) _etc. _In the former part of this section he assails the Gentiles; though no Moses was given them to publish and to ratify a law from the Lord, he yet deni...
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...
FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW,.... This is an instance of the strict justice of God, and proves him to be no respecter of persons; for the Gentiles, who were "without law", the written law of...
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; Ver. 12. _Perish without law_] Or, though they had no written l...
_For as many as have sinned_ And have not repented and brought forth fruit worthy of repentance; as many as have lived and died in the commission of known sin: he speaks as of the time past, for all t...
SINNED WITHOUT LAW; without a written law or revelation of duty. PERISH WITHOUT LAW; without being condemned for rejecting or sinning against a revelation which they never had. IN THE LAW; in posses...
THE NECESSITY OF KEEPING THE LAW PROPERLY. Not the hearing of the Law, but the doing of the Law has value:...
FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW SHALL ALSO PERISH WITHOUT LAW; AND AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED IN THE LAW SHALL BE JUDGED BY 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 2:1-16 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...
FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW SHALL ALSO PERISH WITHOUT THE LAW: AND AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED UNDER THE LAW SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW; 'Without law' -clearly in the context, the 'law' being s...
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...
By the former he means the Gentiles, by the latter, the Jews; the like distribution he makes, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:20,21. IN THE LAW; i.e. under the law, or against it....
For as many as have sinned without the law [Gentiles] _shall also perish without the law_ [i. e., without being judged by the expressed terms of the law]: _and as many as have sinned under the law_ [t...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV 1. As I have heard from a certain presbyter,[377] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V If, then, God will judge the secrets of men-both of those who have sinned in th...
Romans 2:12 For G1063 as G3745 sinned G264 (G5627) law G460 will G622 also G2532 perish G622 ...
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...
‘For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law, and as many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law,' The principle is simple. All will be judged on the basis...
ALL WILL BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR OWN MORAL CODE (2:12-16). Paul now stresses that all men, as well as the Jews, have a moral code by which they live, and by which they will be judged, and tha...
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 2:12. FOR. This introduces an explanation, namely, since God is no respecter of persons it follows that He will judge according to light. AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW. ‘Without law' is a...
HAVE SINNED (ημαρτον). Constative aorist active indicative, "sinned," a timeless aorist.WITHOUT LAW (ανομως). Old adverb "contrary to law," "unjustly," but here in ignorance of the Mosaic law (or...
SINNED SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Romans 2:12 _(with Romans 5:20)_ The Doctrine of Sin. In these passages we have stated or implied St. Paul's doctrine concerning sin. I. Sin is boldly represented to have issued from the action of...
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 2:12 I. What does the Apostle mean when he says that certain persons shall perish without law? Is he aggravating their condemnation, and telling us that they shall have judgment without mercy,...
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...
THE GENTILES DO NOT HAVE THE LAW OF MOSES. The subject is "Jews and Gentiles." The TEV restates the subject to make it clear. The Law of Moses was God's revelation to the Jew only. The Gentile had no...
_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...
_For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law._ THE LAW AND SIN All sin-- I. Implies law. II. Must be...
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 2:12 All will be judged according to the standard they had. Gentiles will PERISH (face final judgment) because of their sin (see vv. Romans 2:14) even thoug
_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...
2 Corinthians 3:7; Acts 17:30; Acts 17:31; Deuteronomy 27:26;...
Without law [α ν ο μ ω ς]. Both law in the abstract and the Mosaic law. The principle laid down is general, though apparently viewed with special reference to the law of Moses. In the law [ε ν ν ο μ ω...
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 as many as have sinned — He speaks as of the time past, for all time will be past at the day of judgment. Without the law — Without having any written law. Shall also perish without the law — With...
That is, as many as have sinned without the WRITTEN law, which is the case of the Gentiles or Heathens, shall also perish without THAT law, being judged and condemned by the law of NATURE written in t...