Romans 2:9, Romans 2:10 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:7-9

To them who by patient continuance in well-doing (literally, good work, ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ , with reference to ἔργα preceding) seek for glory and honour and immortality (literally, incorruption, ἀφθαρσίαν ) , eternal life. But unto them which are contentious (so Authorized Version; in Revised Version, factious. As to true meaning, see below), and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:9

Tribulation - This word commonly denotes affliction, or the situation of being pressed down by a burden, as of trials, calamities, etc.; and hence, to be pressed down by punishment or pain inflicted for sins. As applied to future punishment, it denotes the pressure of the calamities that will come upon the soul as the just reward of sin.And anguish - στενοχωρία stenochōria. This noun is used in but three other places in the New Testament; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 2:8-11

Romans 2:8-11. But unto them that are contentious Like thee, O Jew, who thus fightest against God. The character of the unbelieving Jews was disobedience, stubbornness, and impatience. Mr. Locke thinks the original expression, οι δε εξ εριθειας , the contentions, here spoken of, are Jews who refused to obey the gospel. “But as the apostle is speaking of the punishment of the wicked Gentiles, as well as of the wicked Jews, εριθεια , contention, must be a vice common to both. Accordingly,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 2:1-29

The Jewish world (2:1-29)Not only are pagan Gentiles under God’s condemnation, Jews are also. Jews find fault with their Gentile neighbours, yet they do the same things themselves (2:1). They know that God is just and that he punishes sin. Therefore, when they suffer no immediate punishment for their behaviour, they think that God approves of them and will not punish them. They do not realize that in his kindness and patience he is giving them time to repent (2-4).Those who increase their sin... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 2:9

Tribulation . Greek. thlipsis. See Acts 7:10 . anguish . Greek. stenochoria. Here, Rom 8:35 . 2 Corinthians 6:4 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 . soul . Greek. psuche. App-110 . doeth = worketh. Greek. katergazomai. See Romans 1:27 . evil = the evil. Greek. kakos. App-128 . Jew . . . Gentile . Compare Romans 1:16 . also . Omit. Gentile = Greek. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 2:9

Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."To him that worketh not," which Paul was to write in Romans 4:5, must be understood in conjunction with these verses where "worketh evil" and "worketh good" dogmatically are affirmed to be the basis of being saved or being lost. They cover exactly the same ground, but in the reverse... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:9-10

Romans 2:9-10. Upon every soul, &c.— We see by these two verses, and chap. Rom 1:16 how carefully St. Paul lays it down, that there was now under the Gospel no other national distinction between Jews and Gentiles, but only a priority in the offer of the Gospel; which may farther satisfy us, that the distinction which St. Paul insists on so much here, and all through the first part of this epistle, is national; the comparison being between the Jews, as nationally the people of God, and the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:9

9. Tribulation and anguish—the effect of these in the sinner himself. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 2:1-16

1. God’s principles of judgment 2:1-16Before showing the guilt of moral and religious people before God (Romans 2:17-29), Paul set forth the principles by which God will judge everyone (Romans 2:1-16). By so doing, he warned the self-righteous. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 2:5-11

God’s wrath is increasing against sinners while He waits (Romans 2:5). Each day that the self-righteous person persists in his self-righteousness God adds more guilt to his record. God will judge him one day (cf. Revelation 20:11-15). That day will be the day when God pours out His wrath on every sinner and the day when people will perceive His judgment as righteous. This judgment is in contrast to the judgment that the self-righteous person passes on himself when he considers himself guiltless... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:7-9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 2:8-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 2:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 2:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 2:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:9-10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 2:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 2:5-11

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