Romans 2:2-3 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 2:1-16

In the former chapter the apostle had represented the state of the Gentile world to be as bad and black as the Jews were ready enough to pronounce it. And now, designing to show that the state of the Jews was very bad too, and their sin in many respects more aggravated, to prepare his way he sets himself in this part of the chapter to show that God would proceed upon equal terms of justice with Jews and Gentiles; and now with such a partial hand as the Jews were apt to think he would use in... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 2:1-11

2:1-11 So, then, O man, everyone of you who judges others, you yourself have no defence. While you judge others, you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do exactly the same things. We know that God's judgment is directed against all who do such things, and that it is based on reality. Are you counting on this, O man, you who set yourself up as a judge upon people who do such things and who do them yourself--that you will escape the condemnation of God? Or, are you... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 2:2

But we are sure that the judgment of God ,.... By "the judgment of God", is not meant what is exercised on and towards men in this life, but what will follow after death; which is called judgment to come, is represented as certain, will be universal as to persons and things, and is here called "the judgment of God", in opposition to the judgment of men; and because it will be carried on by God only, who is omniscient and omnipotent, and will be definitive: this is and will be, according... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 2:3

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same ,.... Some men may be so vain as to imagine, that though they do the same things which they condemn in others, they shall escape the judgment of God : but such will find themselves most sadly mistaken; there is no avoiding the general judgment; all men must come to it; there will be no eluding it through craftiness and deceit, through bribery and corruption; there will be no escaping condign... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:2

We are sure that the judgment of God, etc. - God is impartial, and will punish sin wheresoever he finds it. Transgression in a Jew is not less criminal than iniquity in a Gentile. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:2

Verse 2 2.But we know that the judgment of God, etc. The design of Paul is to shake off from hypocrites their self-complacencies, that they may not think that they can really gain any thing, though they be applauded by the world, and though they regard themselves guiltless; for a far different trial awaits them in heaven. But as he charges them with inward impurity, which, being hid from the eyes of men, cannot be proved and convicted by human testimonies, he summons them to the tribunal of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:3

Verse 3 3.And thinkest thou, O man, etc. As rhetoricians teach us, that we ought not to proceed to give strong reproof before the crime be proved, Paul may seem to some to have acted unwisely here for having passed so severe a censure, when he had not yet proved the accusation which he had brought forward. But the fact is otherwise; for he adduced not his accusation before men, but appealed to the judgment of conscience; and thus he deemed that proved which he had in view — that they could not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:1-2

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou doest (rather, dost practise; the word is πράσσεις , see Romans 1:32 ) the same things. But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit (or, practise, as before) such things . As has been observed above, the fact that πᾶς ὁ κρίνων "does the same things," is not proved; it is incapable of patent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:1-3

Judgment, human and Divine. This sudden and impassioned appeal was made, in reality though not expressly, to the Jew. St. Paul imagined himself in the presence of a Hebrew fellow-countryman, whom he supposed to be listening to his burning denunciation of the vices and. crimes of heathen society. Now, the distinctive characteristic of Christianity as a moral system was its insistence upon righteousness, purity, and charity of heart, and not merely of conduct; and no one more thoroughly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:1-4

The goodness of God. The great object of St. Paul, in these opening chapters of Romans, is to show the world's need of a Saviour. In the first chapter he has shown the inexcusableness of the heathen, and their fallen and lost condition. But he remembers that he is writing to Jews and Jewish Christians at Rome as well as to Gentiles. He knows well the human heart. He can imagine some of his Jewish readers saying to himself, "Yes, indeed; those heathen are certainly without excuse." But St.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 2:1-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 2:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 2:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:1-4

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