Romans 2:9
pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10but glory and esteem and peace to every man who works good, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.
Cross References
Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul that sins, it shall die.
Matthew 11:20Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent.
Luke 2:30because my eyes have seen thy salvation,
Luke 24:47and to proclaim in his name repentance and remission of sins for all the nations, having begun from Jerusalem.
Acts 11:18And when they heard these things, they relaxed and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.
Acts 13:46But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Matthew Henry on Romans 2:2-17
Equity of the Divine Government. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and… Read the whole commentary →