Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Romans 2:9
Upon every soul of man. — The phrase is not quite the same as “upon every man,” but more special in character, indicating the part in which the punishment will be felt.
Upon every soul of man. — The phrase is not quite the same as “upon every man,” but more special in character, indicating the part in which the punishment will be felt.
Verse Romans 2:9. _TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH_] Misery of all descriptions, without the possibility of escape, will this righteous Judge inflict upon every impenitent sinner. The _Jew first_, as possess...
TRIBULATION - This word commonly denotes affliction, or the situation of being pressed down by a burden, as of trials, calamities, etc.; and hence, to be pressed down by punishment or pain inflicted f...
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)...
TRIBULATION. Greek. _thlipsis._ See Acts 7:10. ANGUISH. Greek. _stenochoria._ Here, Rom 8:35. 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10. SOUL. Greek. _psuche._ App-110. d
_tribulation and anguish_ Both words, in Greek as well as in English, indicate the crushing and bewildering power of great grief or pain. "_Anguish_" is the stronger of the two; for see 2 Corinthians...
ΘΛΊΨΙΣ ΚΑῚ ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΊΑ. These words must be separated from ὀ. κ. θ.: they begin the second pair of antitheses; the adoption of the false and wrong aim worries and narrows the whole life; cf. Romans 8:3...
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...
ΘΛΪ́ΨΙΣ (G2347) давление, страдание, ΣΤΕΝΟΧΏΡΙΑ (G4730) тоска, мучительное, безвыходное состояние (SH; Dunn), ΚΑΤΕΡΓΑΖΟΜΈΝΟΥ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ КАΤΕΡΓΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G2716) делать, совершать (_с...
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...
UPON EVERY SOUL, &C.— We see by these two verses, and chap. Romans 1:16 how carefully St. Paul lays it down, that there was now under the Gospel no other national distinction between Jews and Gentiles...
_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...
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH. The first of these pairs, 'wrath and indignation,' are in the bo...
_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...
JEW FIRST] privilege increases responsibility....
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 *...
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-...
ὀργὴ is wrath within; θυμός wrath as it overflows. θλίψις and στενοχωρία, according to Trench, _Synonyms_, § 55, express very nearly the same thing, under different images: the former taking the image...
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...
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...
_Of the Jew first, and also the Greek. That is, God, as a just judge, will not have any respect to their persons, but punish or reward both Jews and Gentiles, according to their good or bad works. And...
“ _Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that effecteth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; but glory and honor and peace to every man that doeth good, to the Jew first, and also t...
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...
9._To the Jew first, etc. _He simply places, I have no doubt, the Jew in opposition to the Gentile; for those whom he calls Greeks he will presently call Gentiles. But the Jews take the precedence in...
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...
TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH,.... These, with the foregoing words, are expressive of the second death, the torments of hell, the worm that never dies, and the fire that is not quenched: which will fall UP...
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; Ver. 9. _Of the Jew first_] _Qui ideo deteriores sunt, quia meliores esse deberent._ Who ar...
_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...
THE JEW FIRST; especially to him, on account of his abuse of superior light and privileges....
TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH, UPON EVERY SOUL OF MAN THAT DOETH EVIL, OF THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO OF THE GENTILE;...
The righteous judgment of God:...
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...
GENTILE: _ Gr._ Greek...
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...
TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH; the word render is here again understood, he shall render tribulation and anguish. Some refer the former to the punishment of sin, the latter to the punishment of loss; or the...
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;...
Romans 2:9 tribulation G2347 and G2532 anguish G4730 on G1909 every G3956 soul G5590 man G444 does G2716 ...
‘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...
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...
Romans 2:9. TRIBULATION AND ANGUISH. The parallelism is continued in reverse order. ‘Tribulation' refers to the external weight of affliction; ‘anguish' to the internal sense of its weight, hence it f...
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...
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...
EVERY SOUL OF MAN (πασαν ψυχην ανθρωπου). See Romans 13:1 for this use of ψυχη for the individual.OF THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO OF THE GREEK (Ιουδαιου τε πρωτον κα Hελληνος). See on Romans 1:16. First...
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...
THERE WILL BE SUFFERING AND PAIN. God's wrath will come on the wicked. See Jude 1:14-16. Compare note on Revelation 15:1. FOR THE JEWS FIRST. The Jews were_ first in line_ to receive God's truth. Ther...
_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...
_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...
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 Peter 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Acts 11:18; Acts 13:26; Acts 13:46
Tribulation and anguish [θ λ ι ψ ι ς κ α ι σ τ ε ν ο χ ω ρ ι α]. For tribulation, see on Matthew 13:21. Stenocwria anguish, which occurs only in Paul (viii. 35; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10)...
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...
Of the Jew first — Here we have the first express mention of the Jews in this chapter. And it is introduced with great propriety. Their having been trained up in the true religion, and having had Chri...