Romans 2:9

"but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights that for those who prioritize their own interests over truth and righteousness, God's judgment will include both wrath and indignation. It underscores the consequences of rejecting divine guidance in favor of sin and unrighteousness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 9. Tribulation. This word commonly denotes affliction, or the situation of being pressed down by a burden, as of trials, calamities, etc.; and hence to be pressed down by punishment or pain inflicted for sins. As applied to future punishment, it denotes the pressure of the calamities that will come upon the soul as the just reward of sin. And anguish. stenocwria. This noun is used in but three other places in the New Testament, Ro 8:35; 2 Co 6:4; 12:10. The verb is used in 2 Co 4:8; 6:12.

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