Romans 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:12

For - This is used to give a reason for what he had just said, or to show on what principles God would treat man, so as not to be a respecter of persons.As many - Whosoever. This includes all who have done it, and evidently has respect to the Gentile world. It is of the more importance to remark this, because he does not say that it is applicable to a few only, or to great and incorrigible instances of pagan wickedness, but it is a universal, sweeping declaration, obviously including all.Have... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 2:12

Romans 2:12. For as many as have sinned And have not repented and brought forth fruit worthy of repentance; as many as have lived and died in the commission of known sin: he speaks as of the time past, for all time will be past at the day of judgment; without law Without having had any written law, any express and outward revelation from God; shall also perish Be condenmed and punished; without law Without regard had to any written law, or supernatural revelation, being proved guilty... 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 2:12

have . Omit. The standpoint is the judgment time. sinned . Greek. hamartano. App-128 . without law . Greek. anomos . Only here. also perish = perish also. The Mosaic Law will not be cited against non- Jews. the . Omit. by . App-104 .Romans 2:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 2:12

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.In these verses, Paul began to deal with a dramatic difference between Jews and Gentiles. In the preceding verses, he had shown that God was no respector of persons, and that he would judge Jew and Gentile alike upon the basis of their deeds, whether good... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:12

Romans 2:12. Without law—without law— Without the law, &c. Those under the law, St. Paul says, shall be judged by the law; and this is easy to conceive: because they were under a positive injunction, wherein life and death were annexed as the reward and punishment of obedience and disobedience. But of the unbelieving Gentiles, who were not under that positive injunction, he says barely, that they shall perish. St. Paul does not use these so eminently different expressions for nothing. See... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:12

12. For as many as have sinned—not "as many as have sinned at all," but, "as many as are found in sin" at the judgment of the great day (as the whole context shows). without law—that is, without the advantage of a positive Revelation. shall also perish without law—exempt from the charge of rejecting or disregarding it. and as many as have sinned in the law—within the pale of a positive, written Revelation. shall be judged by the law—tried and condemned by the higher standard of that written... 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 2:12-16

The Gentiles do not have the Mosaic Law in the sense that God did not give it to them. Therefore He will not judge them by that Law. The Jews in Paul’s day did have it, and God would judge them by it (Romans 2:12). [Note: See Jeffrey S. Lamp, "Paul, the Law, Jews, and Gentiles: A Contextual and Exegetical Reading of Romans 2:12-16," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 42:1 (March 1999):37-51.] It is not hearing the Law that makes a person acceptable to God, but doing what it commands... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:1-29

The Failure of the JewsIn Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God’s judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God’s judgment will fall impartially upon all sinners (Romans 2:1-11). Each man will be judged by the light which he has (Romans 2:12-16). The privileges and knowledge of the Jews only aggravated the guilt of their flagrant disobedience (Romans 2:17-24); and circumcision would not protect them, for God looks at the heart... read more

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