Romans 2:10

But God will greatly reward spiritually [MET, DOU] every person who habitually does good deeds. He will certainly do this for the Jews because God chose them as his special people, but he will also do it for the non-Jews.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

In Context

9He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly, with the result that they will become severely distressed [DOU]. This certainly will happen to the Jews who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people, but it will also happen to the non-Jews.

11God will do this fairly, because people’s status does not influence him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, declares: ‘I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve [IDM] me forever.’ But now I declare this: ‘It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me.

Psalms 15:2Only those who always do what is right and do not sin may do that. They always say what is true

Psalms 37:37Notice the people who have not done evil things, those who act righteously: their descendants will have peace in their inner beings.

Proverbs 3:16On the one hand, wisdom [PRS] enables you to live a long life, and on the other hand, wisdom enables you to become rich and to be honored.

Proverbs 8:18I enable people to become rich and to be honored; I enable them to have wealth that will last and to be successful.

Isaiah 26:12Yahweh, we desire that you will allow things to go well for us; everything that we have done is what you have enabled us to do.

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 →

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