Tag Archives: Romans 2

inward Judaism

Romans 2:25-29 25 Because circumcision has its value if you are obedient to the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become non-circumcision. 26 For this reason, if the non-circumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the … Continue reading

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the burden of light bearing

Romans 2:17-24 17 But if you call yourself a Jew and depend upon the law and are proud of your relationship to God 18 and you know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the … Continue reading

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the law of conscience

Romans 2:12-16 12 Because all who have sinned not knowing the law will also perish not knowing the law, and all who have sinned understanding the law will be judged by the law. 13 Because it is not those who … Continue reading

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a true case

Romans 2:1-11 1 Consequently, you are without defense, whoever you are, when you criticize someone else. For on whatever grounds you criticize another, you criticize yourself, because you who are accusing practice similar things. 2 Now we know that God’s … Continue reading

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the religious need evangelism

Romans 2:17-3:8.   Paul had been devoted to the religion of Judaism.  It was through Judaism that he learned knowledge and truth about God.  But he found that this knowledge was only enough to confirm his own inner sinfulness.  He reaches … Continue reading

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the self-righteous need evangelism

Romans 2:1-16.  Even those who look down on the blatant sins of the self-condemned need evangelism,  because their righteous acts cover up a sinful nature that is just as repulsive to God’s holiness.  That is why God’s grace sends the … Continue reading

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to the small sinner

Romans 2:1-16.  In the previous chapter, Paul laid it on thick. He showed all the wickedness that great sinners can get into by turning aside from God. In this chapter, he shows that even those who have not sinned in … Continue reading

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