Romans 2:9

coming upon the soul of every man and woman who deliberately does wrong--upon the Jew first, and then upon the Gentile;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

In Context

8while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury, affliction and awful distress,

10whereas glory, honour and peace will be given to every one who does what is good and right--to the Jew first and then to the Gentile.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:20Then began He to upbraid the towns where most of His mighty works had been done--because they had not repented.

Luke 2:30Because mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,

Luke 24:47and that proclamation would be made, in His name, of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Acts 11:18This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the goodness of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."

Acts 13:46Then, throwing off all reserve, Paul and Barnabas said, "We were bound to proclaim God's Message to you first. But since you spurn it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of the Life of the Ages--well, 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 →

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