ROMANS CHAPTER 2 _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER TWO: I. The "Judges" Judged: Romans 2:1-11 A. The inconsistent judge judges himself: Romans 2:1 B. The hypocritical judge is judged by truth: Romans 2:2 C. The foolish judge reasons poorly: Romans 2:3 D. The presump... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE THOU ART WITHOUT EXCUSE,. MAN, WHOSOEVER THOU ART THAT JUDGEST: FOR WHEREIN THOU JUDGES ANOTHER, THOU CONDEMNEST THYSELF; FOR THOU THAT JUDGEST DOST PRACTISE THE SAME THINGS. 1. Some, unfortunately have twisted this verse to mean that if we speak out against any sin, we are also guilty.... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 2:2 And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things. 'Judgement of God' -God will judge 'ACCORDING TO TRUTH' -unlike the hypocritical judgement of men. We will hear much more in this chapter about 'judgement' from God's angle. It is righ... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 2:3 And reckonest thou this,. man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 'Reckonest' -'do you suppose' (NASV); 'what makes you think' (Phi). Man reasons so poorly when he is trying to justify himself. Did some Jews (a... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 'Despisest' -'think lightly' (NASV). The word 'or' states an alternative. Either he thinks he will escape, or he despises God. -to contemn... [ Continue Reading ]
__ 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. 'IMPENITENT' -unrepentant.. heart that refuses to change its attitude towards sin and God. Some peo... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO WILL RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS: -the same truth is taught in many other passages- Matthew 16:27; 1 Corinthians 3:8; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 2:23; Revelation 20:12; Revelation 22:12. Note: Judgement is not based on 'what happened to you', or only on 'what you didn't do', i... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THEM THAT BY PATIENCE IN WELL-DOING SEEK FOR GLORY AND HONOR AND INCORRUPTION, ETERNAL LIFE: 'Patience in well doing' -'insistent good behaviour strive' (Ber); 'steadfast endurance in well-doing' (Con). 'SEEK FOR' -'strive for, aim at'. Suffice to say that anyone 'seeking' for eternal life, wi... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE FACTIOUS, AND OBEY NOT THE TRUTH, BUT OBEY UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, SHALL BE WRATH AND INDIGNATION, 'Factious' -'Selfishly ambitious' (NASV); 'Seek their own' (Alf); 'Self-seeking people' (Gspd). The Word here is derived from. word that means to work for wages as. mercenary, and he... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS WITH GOD. 'Respect of persons' -to judge by the face or appearance. God isn't impressed by anyone's face, God isn't intimidated by anyone's position or place in life. He owes no one anything! 'God pays no attention to this world's distinctions' (Wey); 'For God ha... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW SHALL ALSO PERISH WITHOUT THE LAW: AND AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED UNDER THE LAW SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW; 'Without law' -clearly in the context, the 'law' being spoken of is the Law of Moses.. 'sinned under the law'. _ "THAT IT CANNOT BE 'LAW' IN GENERAL IS CLE... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW ARE JUST BEFORE GOD, BUT THE DOERS OF THE LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED: Having or recognizing law isn't enough. Many people 'listen' to the Word of God, but listening by itself isn't. virtue. Bible reading apart from personal application is vain. (James 1:22)... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 and acting which by long habit has become nature' (Thayer p. 660) Some try to make these verses tea... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT THEY SHOW THE WORK OF THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS, THEIR CONSCIENCE BEARING WITNESS THEREWITH, AND THEIR THOUGHTS ONE WITH ANOTHER ACCUSING OR ELSE EXCUSING THEM); "WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS' -they weren't born with it on their minds, any more than Christians are born with the new covenant... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 2:16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ. The Gospel reveals. coming judgement, in which Jesus will sit as Judge. (2 Corinthians 5:10) "WE LEARNED THAT IF HEARERS OF THE LAW WERE JUSTIFIED BEFORE GOD THEN THE GENTILES WERE JUST AS... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF THOU BEAREST THE NAME OF. JEW, AND RESTEST UPON THE LAW, AND GLORIEST IN GOD, 'Restest upon the law' -'you feel secure in the law' (Nor); 'Rest comfortably in your Law' (Beck)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND KNOWEST HIS WILL, AND APPROVEST THE THINGS THAT ARE EXCELLENT, BEING INSTRUCTED OUT OF THE LAW, 'Approvest' -'with. sense of what is vital in religion' (Mof); 'they claimed. unique ability to detect the most delicate shades of moral distinction' (Erdmans p. 49)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ART CONFIDENT THAT THOU THYSELF ART. GUIDE OF THE BLIND,. LIGHT OF THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS,... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 2:20. CORRECTOR OF THE FOOLISH,. TEACHER OF BABES, HAVING IN THE LAW THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE TRUTH; These verses appear to be. response to the Jew that might argue that verses 1-16 may have applied to some Jews, but not the "elite". So Paul describes the benefits and pride of the Je... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU THEREFORE THAT TEACHEST ANOTHER, TEACHEST THOU NOT THYSELF? THOU THAT PREACHEST. MAN SHOULD NOT STEAL, DOST THOU STEAL?... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU THAT SAYEST. MAN SHOULD NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DOST THOU COMMIT ADULTERY? THOU THAT ABHORREST IDOLS, DOST THOU ROB TEMPLES?... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU WHO GLORIEST IN THE LAW, THROUGH THY TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW DISHONOREST THOU GOD? These verses set forth the guilt of the Jew. Paul accuses them of adultery, theft and sacrilege. They opposed stealing, but they did rob God (Malachi 3:7 ff); or robbed their own parents of financial support (M... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU, EVEN AS IT IS WRITTEN. Quotation from Isaiah 2:5. The Jews were so jealous for the Name of God, that they wouldn't pronounce it, and yet their conduct caused Gentiles to speak against it. 'No wonder..the world hates God because o... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR CIRCUMCISION INDEED PROFITETH, IF THOU BE. DOER OF THE LAW: BUT IF THOU BE. TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW, THY CIRCUMCISION IS BECOME UNCIRCUMCISION. These verses make the point that receiving privileges from God, bring one under obligation to glorify God. The Covenant of Circumcision didn't only mar... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THEREFORE THE UNCIRCUMCISION KEEP THE ORDINANCES OF THE LAW, SHALL NOT HIS UNCIRCUMCISION BE RECKONED FOR CIRCUMCISION? The reverse was also true. (Act_10:-12) And yet, in all of this, the moral Gentile still needed Christ! (Chapter 3) (Acts 10:1; Acts 11:1)... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Jewish way, i.e. choice is implied. 'FULFILL THE LAW' -obviously, not perfectly. The good moral Gent... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE IS NOT. JEW WHO IS ONE OUTWARDLY; NEITHER IS THAT CIRCUMCISION WHICH IS OUTWARD IN THE FLESH:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE IS. JEW WHO IS ONE INWARDLY; AND CIRCUMCISION IS THAT OF THE HEART, IN THE SPIRIT NOT IN THE LETTER; WHOSE PRAISE IS NOT OF MEN, BUT OF GOD. Paul is affirming that there was also more to being. 'Jew' than mere physical requirements (ancestry and circumcision). There is nothing new about 'hea... [ Continue Reading ]