Romans 2:6

"But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,"

Key Reflection

The people to whom Paul writes in Romans 2:6 are warned that their ongoing stubbornness and lack of remorse will lead them to accumulate divine wrath for judgment day. In the first century, this message would have been particularly impactful as it paralleled the common belief in an imminent end times when God would reveal his justice. The original audience, composed of Jewish and Gentile believers, would have understood that their present behavior was storing up punishment for themselves, a concept rooted in both Jewish apocalyptic literature and Greek philosophical ideas about retribution.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. Who will render. That is, who will make retribution as a righteous Judge; or who will give to every man as he deserves. To every man. To each one. This is a general principle, and it is clear that in this respect God would deal with the Jew as he does with the Gentile. This general principle the apostle is establishing, that he may bring it to bear on the Jew, and to show that he cannot escape simply because he is a Jew. According to his deeds. That is, as he deserves; or God will be just, and will treat every man as he ought to be treated, or according to his character. The word deeds (erga) is sometimes applied to the external conduct.

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