-
Verse 27. _AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION, WHICH IS BY NATURE_] And
shall not the Gentile, who is εκ φυσεως, according to the
_custom of his country_ - who is, _by birth_, not obliged to be
circumcised....
-
WHICH IS BY NATURE - Which is the natural state of man; his condition
before he is admitted to any of the unique rites of the Jewish
religion.
IF IT FULFIL THE LAW - If they who are uncircumcised kee...
-
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 .)...
-
Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his PRIDE OF LAW, MADE VOID BY
DISLOYALTY.
Romans 2:17. His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew,
etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21 : the comm...
-
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
-
If you are called by the name of Jew, if you take your rest in the
Law, if you boast in God and know his will, if you give your approval
to the excellent things, if you are instructed in the Law, if y...
-
NOT. Supplied from Romans 2:26.
BY. App-104.
THE LETTER. that which is written. Greek. _gramma,_ i.e. _ta
dikaiomata_ of Romans 2:26.
DOST TRANSGRESS. art. transgressor. Greek. _parabates_, as...
-
_uncircumcision which is by nature_ Better, THE UNCIRCUMCISION, &c.; a
phrase not easy to explain exactly. Perhaps (though the Gr. of the two
passages is not quite parallel) we may illustrate by Galat...
-
Ἡ ἘΚ ΦΎΣΕΩΣ�. This introduces the distinction between the
external symbol and the spiritual condition.
ΤῸΝ ΝΌΜΟΝ ΤΕΛΟΥ͂ΣΑ, ‘if it keep …’ or ‘by
keeping …’: perhaps better = ‘which keeps …,’
τελοῦσα,...
-
The nexus is marked by the particles—οὖν (21) sums up the
privileges and introduces, in the form of questions, the contrast in
the actual facts; γὰρ (24) implies the answer yes to the preceding
questi...
-
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through
ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
-
ΚΡΊΝΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить
(_см._ Romans 2:1).
ΤΕΛΟΎΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΤΕΛΈΩ (G5055)
доводить до конца, завершать,
выполнять,
ΔΙΆ (G1223) с _gen._ с. Используется для
опи...
-
AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION, &C.— The Apostle here supposes that a
heathen may be an honest, sober, good, kind, benevolent and holy man
through the secret influences of the Spirit of God: for were it...
-
_TEXT_
Romans 2:25-29. For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer
of the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision
is become uncircumcision. Romans 2:26If therefore the...
-
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the
law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress
the law?
AND SHALL [NOT] UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE - o...
-
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_
16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and
oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But
in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
-
2:27 with (i-11) _ Dia_ . The expression has the sense of 'in a given
state or condition,' as well as 'by means of.' Their having or
possessing the letter of the law and circumcision practically puts...
-
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...
-
JUDGE] cp. v....
-
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 *...
-
(25-29) This section forms a connecting-link with the opening of the
next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two
sides, the one outward and formal, the other inward and real. I...
-
JUDGE THEE. — Comp. Matthew 12:41, “The men of Nineveh shall rise
in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it,” _et seq._
The idea is that of “putting to shame by contrast.”
BY THE LETTER....
-
HE REQUIRES HEART-OBEDIENCE
Romans 2:21
The Jew relied upon the position given him by the privileges and rites
of Judaism, although his religious life, as such, had shrunk within
these outward things...
-
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...
-
And shall not (s) uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the
law, judge thee, who by the (t) letter and circumcision dost
transgress the law?
(s) He who is uncircumcised by nature and race....
-
The _second part_ of the chapter, Romans 2:17-29, contains _the
application_ of the principles laid down in the first. After
expressing himself in a general and more or less abstract way, Paul
address...
-
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 circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if
thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
If then the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, shal...
-
VV. 26, 27 describe the opposite case: the transformation of the
obedient Gentile into a Jew, according to the judgment of God. This
transformation, being the logical consequence of the preceding, is...
-
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are
more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And a...
-
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...
-
27._By the letter and circumcision, etc. _A construction (85) which
means a literal circumcision. He does not mean that they violated the
law, because they had the literal circumcision; but because 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...
-
AND SHALL NOT UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE,.... That is, the
Gentiles, who are by nature uncircumcised; for as circumcision was by
the command of God, and performed by the art of men, uncircumcis...
-
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,
judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the
law?
Ver. 27. _Judge thee_] Men's guilt is increased by their...
-
_For circumcision verily profiteth_ He does not say _justifieth._ How
far it profited is shown in the third and fourth Chapter s: _if thou
keep the law_ Here, as in many other passages, the apostle sp...
-
UNCIRCUMCISION-BY NATURE; that is, the Gentile, who remains as he was
born, uncircumcised.
JUDGE; condemn.
BY THE LETTER; with a written revelation....
-
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 2:17-29
1. What is the difference between an inward Jew and an outward Jew?
a. What was an outward Jew?
i. Circumcised
ii. Good self-image
1. Name Jew means a lot to him
2. Rested in the...
-
AND SHALL NOT THE UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE, IF IT FULFIL THE
LAW, JUDGE THEE, WHO WITH THE LETTER AND CIRCUMCISION ART.
TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW?
'by nature' - those who refuse to live the J...
-
25-29 No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit, without
regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking an interest in
the righteousness of God by faith. For he is no more a Christian now,
t...
-
UNCIRCUMCISION WHICH IS BY NATURE; a periphrasis of the Gentiles, who
want circumcision, or are by nature without it. FULFIL THE LAW; here
is another word; before it was _keep, _ but now it is _fulfil...
-
and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the
law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a
transgressor of the law? [The Gentile, remaining as he was by nature,...
-
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
1. And that the Lord did not abrogate the natural [precepts] of the
law, by which man[151]...
-
Romans 2:27 And G2532 will G2919 physically G1537 G5449 uncircumcised
G203 fulfills G5055 (G5723) law G3551 judge...
-
‘And will not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil
the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a
transgressor of the law?'
Then logically if someone was naturally uncir...
-
WILL NOT CIRCUMCISION ENSURE THAT THE JEW IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY BY
GOD? (2:25-29).
The Jew then goes on to his second argument. If the possession of the
Law and the benefits described above will not...
-
THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE JEW. PAUL IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION - ‘DOES
NOT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES WITH IT,
ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS CIRCUMCISED INTO GOD'S COVENANT...
-
_2. The Jew is Condemned; His External Circumcision does not Avail._
This section contains the direct application to the case of the Jew,
in the form of an indignant outburst (Romans 2:17-24), much of...
-
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 2:27. AND SHALL NOT THE UNCIRCUMCISION. As in Romans 2:23, the
main question here is whether the verse is interrogative or
affirmative. Here, however, the original is more decisively in favor
o...
-
IF IT FULFILL THE LAW
(τον νομον τελουσα). Present active participle
(conditional use of the participle) of τελεω, to finish,
continually fulfilling to the end (as would be necessary).JUDGE THEE...
-
UNCIRCUMCISION
The uncircumcision, that is, the Gentiles.
BREAKING THE LAW
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
-
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 2:25. _For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law:
but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made
uncircumcision._
Paul is dealing with the Jew, who was apt to thin...
-
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...
-
WILL BE CONDEMNED BY THE GENTILES. Compare Matthew 12:41-42 and notes.
The obedience of the Gentiles who did not have the Law, condemned the
Jews who did have the Law but did not obey it....
-
_Behold, thou art called a Jew._
THE JEWS ALSO WITHOUT EXCUSE
Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of
Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equitable...
-
_For circumcision verily profiteth if thou keep the law._
CIRCUMCISION IN RELATION TO BAPTISM
I. Its institution (Genesis 17:9). It is called “the covenant,”
and “the token of the covenant,” which Go...
-
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:27 THE WRITTEN CODE refers to OT laws.
⇐ ⇔...
-
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 2:27.—φύσεως plainly means here what we call a state of
nature, in distinction from a state in which a revelation is enjoyed.
Romans 2:29.—Olshausen says that Ruchert is right...
-
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 3:6; Acts 13:22; Ezekiel 16:48; Galatians 5:14;...
-
Yea, the uncircumcision that is by nature — Those who are, literally
speaking, uncircumcised. Fulfilling the law — As to the substance of
it. Shall judge thee — Shall condemn thee in that day. Who by...