{"id":671,"date":"2026-11-14T13:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/?p=671"},"modified":"2026-11-14T13:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:06:58","slug":"romans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/?p=671","title":{"rendered":"Romans 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 27, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Romans 2<\/strong> ESV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.<\/strong>  <\/strong>We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.<\/strong>  <\/strong>Do you suppose, O man\u2014you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself\u2014that you will escape the judgment of God?<\/strong>  <\/strong>Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God\u2019s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?<\/strong>  <\/strong>But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God\u2019s righteous judgment will be revealed.<\/strong>  <\/strong>He will render to each one according to his works:<\/strong> <\/strong>to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.<\/strong>  <\/strong>There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.<\/strong>  <\/strong>For God shows no partiality.<\/strong>  <\/strong>For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.<\/strong>  <\/strong>For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.<\/strong>  <\/strong>For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.<\/strong>  <\/strong>They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them<\/strong>  <\/strong>on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.<\/strong>  <\/strong>But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth\u2014 you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?<\/strong>  <\/strong>You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?<\/strong>  <\/strong>You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.<\/strong>  <\/strong>For, as it is written, \u201cThe name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.\u201d<\/strong>  <\/strong>For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.<\/strong>  <\/strong>So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?<\/strong>  <\/strong>Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.<\/strong>  <\/strong>For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.<\/strong>  <\/strong>But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul stated that the purpose of this letter is to show how God through Jesus Christ fulfills Habakkuk 2:4, \u201cThe righteous shall live by faith.\u00a0 In chapter 2 Paul continues to discuss who is righteous and who is unrighteous.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In chapter 1 Paul showed how pagans are considered unrighteous by God.\u00a0 In chapter 2 Paul is now turning his attention to a new category of people.\u00a0 In this chapter Paul is speaking to those Gentile Christians who wrongly think that they have to have a foundation of the Mosaic law in order to be righteous. Paul feels that it is necessary to clear up some misconceptions that have been introduced by those false teachers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1)  In verses 1 \u2013 16 Paul is addressing the misconception that if a Gentile Christian is doing righteous deeds according to the Law, then those deeds are counted as righteous.  How does Paul show that this is incorrect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2)  In verses 17 \u2013 29 Paul is addressing the misconception that Gentile Christians had to come into the Mosaic covenant relationship first, in order to be considered righteous in God\u2019s eyes.  How does Paul show that this is incorrect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verses 1-16:  Paul is now speaking to those who think they will escape the fate of the unrighteous (verse 3) because they rely on God\u2019s mercy as promised under the law covenant in Psalms 62:13 and Proverbs 24:12 (verse 6).  However, they have misunderstood the purpose of the law.  It was not to excuse sin, but it was to lead them to repentance (verse 4).  This same argument is also given by Paul in Galatians 3:19,24.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verses 17-29:  Paul states that the law was supposed to enable its followers to guide others to righteousness, but they were unable to do this because of their own weaknesses not the law\u2019s.  If you cannot keep your own precepts how can you teach others?  Even circumcision which was the sign that they were in a covenant relationship with God was not enough if it did not affect their hearts. (See Jeremiah 9:22-25)  Gentile Christians who were following the law would experience these same issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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