romans-2:9-11,-proverbs-3:3-4-niv

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:1-29

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 as great a failure as the Gentile in the matter of actual righteousness. Godliness, as privileged relationship, is of no value except as it produces actual righteousness. In verses Rom 2:21-23 the apostle declared the ethical failure of the Jew. This he did by asking a series of questions, every... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 2:1-10

The Sinful Heart Romans 2:1-10 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 we can scarcely refrain from using it as an introduction to our study in the second chapter of Romans. (1) God describes the heart in the Old Testament along the same line, when He says: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (2) In the New Testament,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 2:1-12

The Wrath and Judgments of God Romans 1:32 ; Romans 2:1-12 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 against unrighteousness and His judgments against sin are being generally set aside by the ungodly. A study of the Word of God reveals that God's love and goodness in no sense lessens the severity of His judgment against the ungodly. Grace does not make justice negligible; it rather makes it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:1-16

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 turns to those who are, as it were, standing listening and nodding their approval. The philosophers had said the same thing as Paul had about the general populace. The judges recognised in what Paul had said what they had found to be true about the people who were brought before them. The Rabbis and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:6-11

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 Testament, forming an a b c c b a pattern or equivalent, with the repetition of a phrase sometimes coming in the second half (‘of the Jew first and also of the Greek’ - ‘to the Jew first and also to the Greek’). The chiasmus here is as follows: a ‘Who will render to every man according to his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:8-9

‘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 the Greek,’ In contrast to this ideal man are those who are ‘factious’. The basic meaning of the word is to behave like a hireling, and NEB translates as ‘those who are governed by selfish ambition’. But its meaning had tended to be assimilated with ’eris (strife, contention), although 2... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:10

‘But glory and honour and peace to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek,’ But lest the Jew think that he is prejudiced against them by suggesting that they are first on God’s target list, Paul then points out that the same priority applies to those who work good. For, as he has already demonstrated in Romans 2:7, to every man who works good there will be glory and honour and peace (wellbeing). Thus none who are truly God-like, if such there be, will lose out, and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:11

‘For there is no respect of persons with God.’ Whether Jew or Greek, judge, philosopher or common man, all will be treated the same. There will be no unjust partiality. The Jew therefore stands in no better case than anyone else. Nor does the philosopher. All will be examined on the same basis, without exception. God will not take into account whether they are sons of Abraham, or circumcised, or Sabbath-keeping, or knowledgeable about the Law, or famous for their philosophising. He will delve... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:1-16

Romans 2:1-Nehemiah : . 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. Thrice Paul repeats, “ Thou doest the same” (or “ such-like” ) things. Romans 2:1-Leviticus : ; cf. Romans 2:6; Romans 2:9 f., Romans 2:13-Ezra :: not Jews specifically are addressed—“ O man, everyone that judges!” Romans 2:4 f. Whoso thinks to cloak... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:9

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 one to the unquenchable fire, the other to the never dying worm: it seems to be a rhetorical exaggeration: see Psalms 11:6; Mark 9:43-48. Every soul of man; a double Hebraism: first, the soul is put for the person, as Genesis 12:5; Genesis 14:21; Genesis 17:14; Genesis 36:6; Genesis 46:26.... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:1-29

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 2:1-10

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 2:1-12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:6-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:8-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:1-16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:9

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