King James Version · Under Rome
Romans 2
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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. But we are sure that the of is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the of ? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and ; not knowing that the goodness of leadeth thee to ? But after thy hardness and impenitent treasurest up unto thyself against the and of of ; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by continuance in well doing seek for and and immortality, : But unto them that are contentious, and do not the truth, but unrighteousness, and , Tribulation and anguish, upon every of man that doeth evil, of the first, and also of the ; But , , and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the first, and also to the : For there is no respect of persons with . For as many as have without law shall also without law: and as many as have in shall be judged by ; (For not the hearers of are before , but the doers of shall be . For when the , which have not , do by nature the things contained in , these, having not , are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of written in their , their also bearing , and their the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when shall judge the secrets of men by according to my . Behold, thou art called a , and restest in , and makest thy boast of , And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of ; And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a of them which are , An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in . Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not , dost thou ? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of , through breaking dishonourest thou ? For the name of is blasphemed among the through you, as . For verily profiteth, if thou keep : but if thou be a breaker of , thy is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the of , shall not his uncircumcision be counted for ? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil , judge thee, who by the letter and dost transgress ? For he is not a , which is one outwardly; neither is that , which is outward in : But he is a , which is one inwardly; and is that of , in , and not in the letter; whose is not of men, but of .
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
Christians read this chapter differently
- What about those who never hear? · Romans 2:12-16
Every view at its strongest, with who holds it and what it has to answer for.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.