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Text -- Romans 2:3 (NET)

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2:3 And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?
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Robertson: Rom 2:3 - -- And doest the same ( kai poiōn auta ). "And doest them occasionally."

And doest the same ( kai poiōn auta ).

"And doest them occasionally."

Robertson: Rom 2:3 - -- That thou shalt escape ( su ekpheuxēi ). Emphasis on su , "thou conceited Jew expecting to escape God’ s krima because thou art a Jew."Cf. M...

That thou shalt escape ( su ekpheuxēi ).

Emphasis on su , "thou conceited Jew expecting to escape God’ s krima because thou art a Jew."Cf. Mat 3:8. Paul justifies the bitter words of the Baptist to the Pharisees and Sadducees. The future middle of the old verb ekpheugō (cf. 1Th 5:3). The Jew posed as immune to the ordinary laws of ethics because a Jew. Alas, some Christians affect the same immunity.

Vincent: Rom 2:3 - -- Reckonest ( λογίζῃ ) See on 1Pe 5:12. Intimating a process of reasoning.

Reckonest ( λογίζῃ )

See on 1Pe 5:12. Intimating a process of reasoning.

Vincent: Rom 2:3 - -- Thou shalt escape Thou emphatic, opposed to Jewish self-conceit.

Thou shalt escape

Thou emphatic, opposed to Jewish self-conceit.

Wesley: Rom 2:3 - -- Rather than the gentile.

Rather than the gentile.

Calvin: Rom 2:3 - -- 3.=== And thinkest thou, O man, === etc. As rhetoricians teach us, that we ought not to proceed to give strong reproof before the crime be proved, P...

3.=== And thinkest thou, O man, === etc. As rhetoricians teach us, that we ought not to proceed to give strong reproof before the crime be proved, Paul may seem to some to have acted unwisely here for having passed so severe a censure, when he had not yet proved the accusation which he had brought forward. But the fact is otherwise; for he adduced not his accusation before men, but appealed to the judgment of conscience; and thus he deemed that proved which he had in view — that they could not deny their iniquity, if they examined themselves and submitted to the scrutiny of God’s tribunal. And it was not without urgent necessity, that he with so much sharpness and severity rebuked their fictitious sanctity; for men of this class will with astonishing security trust in themselves, except their vain confidence be forcibly shaken from them. Let us then remember, that this is the best mode of dealing with hypocrisy, in order to awaken it from its inebriety, that is, to draw it forth to the light of God’s judgment.

===That thou shalt escape, === etc. This argument is drawn from the less; for since our sins are subject to the judgment of men, much more are they to that of God, who is the only true Judge of all. Men are indeed led by a divine instinct to condemn evil deeds; but this is only an obscure and faint resemblance of the divine judgment. They are then extremely besotted, who think that they can escape the judgment of God, though they allow not others to escape their own judgment. It is not without an emphatical meaning that he repeats the word man; it is for the purpose of presenting a comparison between man and God.

TSK: Rom 2:3 - -- thinkest : 2Sa 10:3; Job 35:2; Psa 50:21; Mat 26:53 O man : Rom 2:1; Dan 10:19; Luk 12:14, Luk 22:58, Luk 22:60 that thou shalt : Rom 1:32; Psa 56:7; ...

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Barnes: Rom 2:3 - -- And thinkest thou ... - This is an appeal to their common sense, to their deep and instinctive conviction of what was right. If they condemned ...

And thinkest thou ... - This is an appeal to their common sense, to their deep and instinctive conviction of what was right. If they condemned those who practiced these things; if, imperfect and obscure as their sense of justice was; if, unholy as they were, they yet condemned those who were guffey of these offences, would not a holy and just God be far more likely to pronounce judgment? And could they escape who had themselves delivered a similar sentence? God is of "purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look upon iniquity, Hab 1:13. And if people condemned their fellow-men, how much more would a pure and holy God condemn iniquity. This appeal is evidently directed against the Jew. It was doubtless a prevalent sentiment among them, that provided they adhered to the rites of their religion, and observed the ceremonial law, God would not judge them with the same severity as he would the abandoned and idolatrous Gentiles: compare Mat 3:9; Joh 8:33. The apostle shows them that crime is crime, wherever committed: that sin does not lose its essential character by being committed in the midst of religious privileges; and that those who professed to be the people of God have no special license to sin. Antinomians in all ages, like the Jews, have supposed that they, being the friends of God, have a right to do many things which would not be proper in others; that what would be sin in others, they may commit with impunity; and that God will not be strict to mark the offences of his people. Against all this Paul is directly opposed, and the Bible uniformly teaches that the most aggravated sins among people are those committed by the professed people of God; compare Isa 1:11-17; Isa 65:2-5; Rev 3:16.

Poole: Rom 2:3 - -- When other men’ s facts escape not thy censure, who art but a man; what folly and madness is it to imagine, that thine own evil deeds should es...

When other men’ s facts escape not thy censure, who art but a man; what folly and madness is it to imagine, that thine own evil deeds should escape the judgment of God! See 1Jo 3:20 .

Gill: Rom 2:3 - -- And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same,.... Some men may be so vain as to imagine, that though they...

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same,.... Some men may be so vain as to imagine, that though they do the same things which they condemn in others, they

shall escape the judgment of God: but such will find themselves most sadly mistaken; there is no avoiding the general judgment; all men must come to it; there will be no eluding it through craftiness and deceit, through bribery and corruption; there will be no escaping condign punishment, through might in the criminal, or through the judge's ignorance of his crimes, or want of ability and power to punish.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rom 2:3 Grk “and do them.” The other words are supplied to bring out the contrast implied in this clause.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Rom 2:1-29 - --1 No excuse for sin.6 No escape from judgment.14 Gentiles cannot;17 nor Jews.

MHCC: Rom 2:1-16 - --The Jews thought themselves a holy people, entitled to their privileges by right, while they were unthankful, rebellious, and unrighteous. But all who...

Matthew Henry: Rom 2:1-16 - -- In the former chapter the apostle had represented the state of the Gentile world to be as bad and black as the Jews were ready enough to pronounce i...

Barclay: Rom 2:1-11 - --In this passage Paul is directly addressing the Jews. The connection of thought is this. In the foregoing passage Paul had painted a grim and terrib...

Constable: Rom 1:18--3:21 - --II. THE NEED FOR GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS 1:18--3:20 Paul began his explanation of the gospel by demonstrating that t...

Constable: Rom 2:1--3:9 - --B. The need of good people 2:1-3:8 In the previous section (1:18-32), Paul showed mankind condemned for ...

Constable: Rom 2:1-16 - --1. God's principles of judgment 2:1-16 Before showing the guilt of moral and religious people before God (vv. 17-29), Paul set forth the principles by...

College: Rom 2:1-29 - --II. 2:1-3:8 - THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS INTRODUCTION The overall subject of the first main section of Romans is the impotence of law as a way of sa...

McGarvey: Rom 2:3 - --And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? [The argum...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Romans (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Romans Spring of a.d. 57 By Way of Introduction Integrity of the Epistle The genuineness of the Epistle is so generally adm...

JFB: Romans (Book Introduction) THE GENUINENESS of the Epistle to the Romans has never been questioned. It has the unbroken testimony of all antiquity, up to CLEMENT OF ROME, the apo...

JFB: Romans (Outline) INTRODUCTION. (Rom. 1:1-17) THE JEW UNDER LIKE CONDEMNATION WITH THE GENTILE. (Rom. 2:1-29) JEWISH OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. (Rom 3:1-8) THAT THE JEW IS S...

TSK: Romans (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Romans is " a writing," says Dr. Macknight, " which, for sublimity and truth of sentiment, for brevity and strength of expression,...

TSK: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rom 2:1, No excuse for sin; Rom 2:6, No escape from judgment; Rom 2:14, Gentiles cannot; Rom 2:17, nor Jews.

Poole: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 2

MHCC: Romans (Book Introduction) The scope or design of the apostle in writing to the Romans appears to have been, to answer the unbelieving, and to teach the believing Jew; to confir...

MHCC: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-16) The Jews could not be justified by the law of Moses, any more than the Gentiles by the law of nature. (Rom 2:17-29) The sins of the Jews co...

Matthew Henry: Romans (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans If we may compare scripture with scripture, and take the opinion ...

Matthew Henry: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) The scope of the first two chapters of this epistle may be gathered from Rom 3:9, " We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all ...

Barclay: Romans (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) The Responsibility Of Privilege (Rom_2:1-11) The Unwritten Law (Rom_2:12-16) The Real Jew (Rom_2:17-29)

Constable: Romans (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background Throughout the history of the church, from postapos...

Constable: Romans (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-17 A. Salutation 1:1-7 1. The writer 1:1 ...

Constable: Romans Romans Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. 4 vols. New ed. Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1881. ...

Haydock: Romans (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE ROMANS. INTRODUCTION. After the Gospels, which contain the history of Christ, and the Acts of...

Gill: Romans (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS Though this epistle is in order placed the first of the epistles, yet it was not first written: there were several epistles ...

Gill: Romans 2 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS 2 This chapter contains, in general, a vindication of the justice and equity of the divine procedure against men, such as ar...

College: Romans (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION I. ROMANS: ITS INFLUENCE AND IMPORTANCE God's Word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path (Ps 119:105), and no part of it shine...

College: Romans (Outline) VIII. OUTLINE PROLOGUE - 1:1-17 I. EPISTOLARY GREETING - 1:1-7 A. The Author Introduces Himself - 1:1 1. A Slave of Christ Jesus 2. Call...

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