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Romans 2:14
for when the, Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a law unto themselves;
for when the, Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a law unto themselves;
Verse Romans 2:14. _FOR WHEN THE GENTILES, WHICH HAVE NOT THE LAW_, c.] Nor does it follow that the Gentiles who have not had a Divine revelation, shall either perish, because they had it not or their...
FOR WHEN - The apostle, in Romans 2:13, had stated a general principle, that the doers of the Law only can be justified, if justification is attempted by the Law. In this verse and the next, he procee...
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...
THE. Omit. BY NATURE. See Romans 1:26. CONTAINED IN. of. HAVING, &C. = not having law....
_For when the Gentiles_, &c. The connexion marked by "_for_" is not easy to state. We take it to refer (_over_Romans 2:13, which is an explanation of the previous words) to Romans 2:12, and to be conn...
ὍΤΑΝ ΓᾺΡ. The principle of Romans 2:13 applies to Gentiles, only we have to think not of explicit law, but of knowledge of right and wrong evidenced in their conscience and utterances. Suspicion has b...
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...
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...
ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) с _conj._ когда бы ни. ΈΧΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΦΎΣΕΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΦΎΣΙΣ (G5449) природа. _Instr. dat._ ΠΟΙΏΣΙΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) дел...
_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 when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: FOR WHEN THE GENTILES ... - q.d., 'As touching th...
_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...
NOT THE LAW] RV 'no law.' BY NATURE] i.e. without a revelation....
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 *...
A sort of parenthesis begins here. Romans 2:16 refers back to the main subject of the paragraph, and not to the particular point on which the Apostle digresses in Romans 2:14, the virtual operation of...
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-...
There is, indeed, when we look closely, no such thing as a man absolutely without the knowledge of God's will, and therefore such a judgment as the Apostle has described is legitimate. Gentiles, “such...
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 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...
(6) For when the Gentiles, which have (i) not the law, do by (k) nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: (6) He prevents an objection which might...
When the Gentiles...do by nature, or naturally, that is, without having received any written law, these men are a law to themselves, and have it written in their hearts, as to the existence of a God,...
“ _For when Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things which the law prescribes, these, having not the law, are their own law unto themselves: for they show thereby the work of the law...
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...
_THE WITNESS OF CONSCIENCE_ ‘When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: which shew the work of the...
14._For when the Gentiles, etc. _He now states what proves the former clause; for he did not think it enough to condemn us by mere assertion, and only to pronounce on us the just judgment of God; but...
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 WHEN THE GENTILES WHICH HAVE NOT THE LAW,.... The objection of the Gentiles against their condemnation, taken from their being without the law, is here obviated. The apostle owns that they had not...
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Ver. 14. _Do by nature, &c._] Velleius saith that Ca...
_For when the Gentiles_ That is, any of them _who have not the law_ Not a written revelation of the divine will; _do by nature_ That is, by the light of nature, without an outward rule, or by the unta...
NOT THE LAW; the written law. THINGS CONTAINED IN THE LAW; such things as the law requires. THESE; such as have not the light of revelation-the heathen. ARE A LAW; they have a sense of moral right...
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 WHEN GENTILES THAT HAVE NOT THE LAW DO BY NATURE THE THINGS OF THE LAW, THESE, NOT HAVING THE LAW, ARE THE LAW UNTO THEMSELVES; 'The law' -i.e. the Law of Moses 'BY NATURE' -'a mode of feeling...
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...
Here he preoccupates the Gentiles plea. They might object, that having not the law, they could not transgress, nor be culpable in judgment: see ROMANS 4:15. To this he says, that though they had not t...
(for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III They had no instructor[19] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in th...
Romans 2:14 for G1063 when G3752 Gentiles G1484 who G3588 not G3361 have G2192 (G5723) law G3551 nature...
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...
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...
‘(For when Gentiles who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law to themselves, in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, the...
Romans 2:14. FOR. The principle of Romans 2:13 is now applied, so far as it can be, to the Gentiles, and this thought is parenthetical (Romans 2:14-15);...
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...
THAT HAVE NO LAW (τα μη νομον εχοντα). Better, "that have not the law" (the Mosaic law).BY NATURE (φυσε). Instrumental case of φυσις, old word from φυω, to beget. The Gentiles are without the Mos...
Romans 2:14 I. The great teachers who have seen in the natural man nothing but an enemy of God and an alien from Him have gathered the material of their systems from the pages of the New Testament. Bu...
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,...
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...
THE GENTILES. When we examine things closely, we see that there is no such thing as a man absolutely without the knowledge of God's will. Romans 1:18-32 shows this, therefore Paul's argument is accura...
_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 when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these … are a law unto themselves._ MAN WITHOUT THE BIBLE “Law” means God’s special revelation through t...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:14 For Gentiles, God’s law is WRITTEN ON THEIR HEARTS. Their consciences show what is right or wrong in their behavior. Paul does not imply that the human conscience is always...
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 2:13. NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW.—Jewish writers held that no circumcised person goes to hell. St. Paul confutes all vain opinions. The literal meaning of δικαιοῦν is to make...
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 Corinthians 11:14; Acts 14:16; Acts 17:30; Deuteronomy 4:7;...
When [ο τ α ν]. Lit., whenever, supposing a case which may occur at any time. The Gentiles. Rev., properly, Gentiles. There is no article. Not the Gentiles collectively, but Gentiles among whom the s...
For when the gentiles — That is, any of them. St. Paul, having refuted the perverse judgment of the Jews concerning the heathens, proceeds to show the just judgment of God against them. He now speaks...
How can those who are by nature sinners keep God’s laws of nature? PROBLEM: Ephesians 2:3 asserts that all humans are “by nature children of wrath.” But Paul speaks here of unbelieving Gentiles who “...
The sense is, that the Gentiles, which have not the law of Moses promulged, are yet not without. law ingrafted in their consciences; and although they have not. written law; yet are they. LAW, that is...