That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seek [a]glory, and honor, and immortality, everlasting life:

But unto them that are contentious, and disobey the [b]truth, and obey unrighteousness, shall be [c]indignation and wrath.

Tribulation and anguish shall be upon the soul of every man that doeth evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Grecian.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:7 Glory which followeth good works, which he layeth not out before us, as though there were any that could attain to salvation by his own strength, but, by laying this condition of salvation before us, which no man can perform, to bring men to Christ, who alone justified the believers, as he himself concludeth, Rom. 2:21-22, following.
  2. Romans 2:8 By truth, he meaneth that knowledge which we have of nature.
  3. Romans 2:8 God’s indignation against sinners, which shall quickly be kindled.

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(A) and immortality,(B) he will give eternal life.(C) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(D) there will be wrath and anger.(E) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(F) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(G)

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