Romans 2:7
To those who, in accord with patient good works, seek glory and honor and incorruption, certainly, he will render eternal life.
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6For he will render to each one according to his works:
Cross References
Job 17:9And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
Psalms 37:3For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
Lamentations 3:25TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
Luke 8:15But those which were on good soil are those who, upon hearing the word with a good and noble heart, retain it, and they bring forth fruit in patience.
John 6:66And so he said, “For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father.”
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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 →