But after thy hardness and impenitent heart (c) treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
(c) While you are giving yourself to pleasures, thinking to increase your goods, you will find God's wrath.
Verse Romans 2:5. _BUT AFTER THY HARDNESS_] Occasioned by thy long course of iniquity. _And impenitent heart_ - produced by thy hardness, through which thou art callous to the calls and expostulation...
BUT AFTER THY HARDNESS - The word “after” here κατά kata means in respect to, or you act according to the direct tendency of a hard heart in treasuring up wrath. The word “hardness” is used to denote...
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)...
AFTER. Greek. _kata._ App-104. HARDNESS. Greek. _sklerotes._ Only here. IMPENITENT. Greek. _ametanoetos._ Only here. Compare App-111. TREASUREST UP. Greek. _thesaurizo._ Here, Matthew 6:19; Matthew...
_after_ ACCORDING TO, in a way traceable to. _hardness_ INSENSIBILITY, whether to love or reason. _treasurest up_ Possibly this word alludes to the "riches" of Romans 2:4; q. d., "the Divine store o...
ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. = however you are deceiving yourself all the while, in fact you are storing up wrath. ΚΑΤᾺ ΤῊΝ ΣΚΛ. Deuteronomy 9:27; cf. Matthew 19:8; Acts 7:51. ΚΑΤᾺ, the hardness and unrepentant heart is...
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...
ΣΚΛΗΡΌ ΤΗΣ (G4643) упорство, упрямство (Morris), ΑΜΕΤΑΝΌΗΤΟΣ (G279) нераскаявшийся. ΘΗΣΑΥΡΊΖΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΗΣΑΥΡΊΖΩ (G2343) копить, накапливать. Имеется в виду большое скопление (Lightfo...
DISCOURSE: 1824 THOSE WHO JUDGE OTHERS, JUDGED Romans 2:3. Thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despise...
_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...
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; BUT AFTER THY HARDNESS AND IMPENITENT HEART TR...
_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...
AFTER] i.e. in accordance with. AGAINST] RV 'in.'...
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 *...
Another alternative is put forward, which has less to do with the distinction of Jew and Gentile, and in which the Apostle keeps more closely to the general form that his argument has assumed: “Or do...
The one condition upon which the goodness of God will come into operation, you directly contravene. Instead of being penitent, you are impenitent, and therefore the load of wrath which you have been a...
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...
The δὲ contrasts what happens with what God designs. θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργήν : contrast our Lord's many sayings about “treasure in heaven” (Matthew 6:19 ff; Matthew 19:21). ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς = in the da...
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...
The apostle is evidently speaking to the converted Jews, and not to the Gentiles. For the Gentiles believed in certain judges in hell, who passed sentence on every one as soon as he departed out of li...
The δέ, _but_, contrasts the result of so many favors received with the divinely desired effect. The contrast indicated arises from the fact that the Jews in their conduct are guided by a wholly diffe...
“ _Or despisest thou the rïches of His goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart...
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...
_AN INCENTIVE TO REPENTANCE_ ‘The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.’ Romans 2:4 ‘The _ goodness_ of God leadeth thee to repentance.’ God is very _ good_ to us. He gives us time for repent...
5._But according to thy hardness, etc. _When we become hardened against the admonitions of the Lord, impenitence follows; and they who are not anxious about repentance openly provoke the Lord. (65) 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...
BUT AFTER THY HARDNESS AND IMPENITENT HEART,.... The apostle goes on to show, that such persons who promise themselves impunity on the score of prosperity, shall not always go unobserved and unpunishe...
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Ver. 5. _Treasurest up unto thyself_] _Sicut mit...
_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...
BUT AFTER THY HARDNESS AND IMPENITENT HEART TREASUREST UP UNTO THYSELF WRATH AGAINST THE DAY OF WRATH AND REVELATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD,...
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...
__ Romans 2:5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 'Hardness' -callousness, stubbornness....
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...
TREASUREST UP UNTO THYSELF WRATH AGAINST THE DAY OF WRATH; this passage seems to respect DEUTERONOMY 32:34,35, or JOB 36:13. You have a parallel place, JAMES 5:3. The meaning is, Thou provokest more a...
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Those, on the other hand, who depart from Him, and despise His precepts, and by their deeds bring dishonour on Him who made them, and by their opinions blaspheme Him...
Romans 2:5 But G1161 accordance G2596 your G4675 hardness G4643 and G2532 impenitent G279 heart G2588 up G2343 ...
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...
‘But after your hardness and impenitent heart you treasure up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. But rather than repenting their hearts are hard an...
Romans 2:5. BUT. With this tendency of the goodness of God is contrasted the conduct of man. Instead of being thereby led to repentance, men allow themselves to fancy that God's goodness is a proof th...
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...
AFTER THY HARDNESS (κατα την σκληροτητα σου). "According to thy hardness (old word from σκληρος, hard, stiff, only here in N.T.) will God's judgment be."AND IMPENITENT HEART (κα αμετανοητον καρδι...
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...
BUT YOU HAVE A HARD AND STUBBORN HEART. By misunderstanding God's kindness, they closed their minds to Truth. They used God's _patience_ to sin even more against him. This increased the amount of thei...
_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...
_But after thy hardness._ HARDNESS OF HEART I. What it is. 1. Not mere callousness or insensibility of feeling. 2. But entire obduracy of soul--not of one faculty, but of all. The same word is some...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:5 A soft and repentant heart is needed to avoid God’s wrath on the DAY OF WRATH, the final judgment. Such repentance leads a person to trust in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness...
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 Samuel 6:6; 2 Chronicles 30:8; 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Peter 2:9;...
Treasurest up [θ η σ α υ ρ ι ζ ε ι ς]. Accumulatest. Glancing back to riches. For thyself. Possibly a tinge of irony. Wrath against the day of wrath [ο ρ γ η ν ε ν η μ ε ρ α ο ρ γ η ς]. A very striki...
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...
Treasurest up wrath — Although thou thinkest thou art treasuring up all good things. O what a treasure may a man lay up either way, in this short day of life! To thyself — Not to him whom thou judgest...