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Romans 2:4-6
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Romans 2:4-6
New English Translation
4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know[a] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness[b] and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed![c] 6 He[d] will reward[e] each one according to his works:[f]
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- Romans 2:4 tn Grk “being unaware.”
- Romans 2:5 tn Grk “hardness.” Concerning this imagery, see Jer 4:4; Ezek 3:7; 1 En. 16:3.
- Romans 2:5 tn Grk “in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”
- Romans 2:6 tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Romans 2:6 tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.
- Romans 2:6 sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.
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