Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:2
We know assuredly, and it is evident, both from Scripture and reason, that God’s judgment, both here and hereafter, is true and upright; see 1 Samuel 16:7. He judgeth righteous judgment; he judgeth of persons and things, not as they are in appearance, but as they are in reality. Against them which commit such things; this indefinite manner of speaking includeth both those that judge others, and those who, for the aforementioned sins, are subject to the censures of others. read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 2:1
It is much disputed to whom the apostle directs his discourse in the beginning of this chapter. Some think that having discovered the sins of the Gentiles in the former chapter, he here useth a transition, and turneth himself to the Jews, and lays open their more secret wickedness and hypocrisy. But the particle therefore in the front of the chapter, doth seem to intimate, that this is inferred from what went before, and is a continuance of the same argument. It is of the Gentiles then that he... read more