Romans:2
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Therefore (
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He convicts those who would seem to be exempt from the rest of men (
because they reprehend other men '
s faults ),
and says that they are least of all to be excused ,
for if they were searched well and carefully (
as God surely does )
they themselves would be found guilty in those things which they reprehend and punish in others :
so that in condemning others ,
they pronounce sentence against themselves .(:
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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 .
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But we (
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Paul alleges no places of scripture ,
for he reasons generally against all men :
but he brings reasons such that every man is persuaded by them in his mind ,
so that the devil himself is not able to completely pluck them out .(:
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are sure that the judgment of God is according to Considering and judging things correctly ,
and not by any outward show .
truth against them which commit such things .
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And thinkest thou this ,
O thou man ,
that condemnest them which doe such thinges ,
and doest the same ,
that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God ?
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But after thy hardness and impenitent heart (
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While you are giving yourself to pleasures ,
thinking to increase your goods ,
you will find God '
s wrath .(:
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treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God ;
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for (
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Glory which follows good works ,
which he does not lay out before us as though there were any that could attain to salvation by his own strength ,
but ,
he lays this condition of salvation before us ,
which no man can perform ,
to bring men to Christ ,
who alone justifies the believers ,
as he himself concludes ;
see (
Rom_2
:21-22 ).(:
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glory and honour and immortality ,
eternal life :
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But unto them that are contentious ,
and do not obey the (
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By «
truth »
he means the knowledge which we naturally have .(:
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truth ,
but obey unrighteousness ,
God '
s indignation against sinners ,
which will quickly be kindled .
indignation and wrath ,
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Tribulation and anguish shalbe vpon the soule of euery man that doeth euill :
of the Iewe first ,
and also of the Grecian .
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But to euery man that doeth good ,
shalbe glory ,
and honour ,
and peace :
to the Iew first ,
and also to the Grecian .
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For there is no (
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God does not judge men either by their blood or by their country ,
either to receive them or to cast them away .(:
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respect of persons with God .
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Which shew the work of the law (
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This knowledge is a natural knowledge .(:
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written in their hearts ,
their conscience also bearing witness ,
and [
their ]
thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;)
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And knowest [
his ]
will ,
and (
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Can test and discern what things swerve from God '
s will .(:
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approvest the things that are more excellent ,
being instructed out of the law ;
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And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde ,
a light of them which are in darkenesse ,
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An instructor of the foolish ,
a teacher of babes ,
which hast the (
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The way to teach and to form others in the knowledge of the truth .(:
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form of knowledge and of the truth in the As though he said that the Jews under a pretence of an outward serving of God ,
attributed all to themselves ,
when in reality they did nothing less than observe the Law .
law .
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Thou therefore ,
which teachest another ,
teachest thou not thy selfe ?
thou that preachest ,
A man should not steale ,
doest thou steale ?
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Thou that saist ,
A man should not commit adulterie ,
doest thou commit adulterie ?
thou that abhorrest idoles ,
committest thou sacrilege ?
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Thou that gloriest in the Lawe ,
through breaking the Lawe ,
dishonourest thou God ?
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For ye Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you ,
as it is written .
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Therefore if the (
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This is the figure of speech metonymy ,
and means «
uncircumcised ».(:
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uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law ,
shall not his The state and condition of the uncircumcised .
uncircumcision be counted for circumcision ?
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And shall not (
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He who is uncircumcised by nature and race .(:
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uncircumcision which is by nature ,
if it fulfil the law ,
judge thee ,
who by the Paul often contrasts the letter against the Spirit :
but in this place ,
the circumcision which is according to the letter is the cutting off of the foreskin ,
but the circumcision of the Spirit is the circumcision of the heart ,
that is to say ,
the spiritual result of the ceremony is true holiness and righteousness ,
by which the people of God are known from profane and heathen men .
letter and circumcision dost transgress the law ?
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For he is not a Jew ,
which is one (
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By the outward ceremony only .(:
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outwardly ;
neither [
is that ]
circumcision ,
which is outward in the flesh :
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But he [
is ]
a Jew ,
which is one inwardly ;
and circumcision [
is that ]
of the heart ,
in the (
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Whose power is inward ,
and in the heart .(:
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spirit , [
and ]
not in the letter ;
whose praise [
is ]
not of men ,
but of God .