Romans 2:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. ”

Romans 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For not the hearers ... - The same sentiment is implied in James 1:22 ; Matthew 7:21 , Matthew 7:24 ; Luke 6:47 . The apostle here doubtless designed to meet an objection of the Jews; to wit,...
Romans 2:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be (h) justified. (5) He prevents an objection which might be made by the Jews whom the law does not excuse,...
Romans 2:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Some one interjects: I do not approve, I condemn the sins you describe. Then you condemn yourself, Paul retorts, for you commit them! The Moralist under Condemnation, with the flagitious sinner....
Romans 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hearers . Greek. akroates. Only here and James 1:22 ; James 1:23 ; James 1:25 . Compare Acts 25:23 . the . The texts omit. just . See Romans 1:17 . before . Greek. para . App-104. ju...
Romans 2:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. For the hearers of the law, etc. This anticipates an objection which the Jews might have adduced. As they had heard that the law was the rule of righteousness, ( Deuteronomy 4:1 ,) th...
Romans 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For not the hearers of the law, etc. - It does not follow, because one people are favored with a Di...
Romans 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For not the hearers, &c.— This, and Romans 2:14-15 are a comment upon the 20th verse. In Romans 2:13 he remarks upon the latter part of the 12th, that enjoying the advantages of revelat...
Romans 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For not the hearers of the law - that is, the mere possessors of it, "are just before God, bu...
Romans 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Failure of the Jews In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God's judgment will...
Romans 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For not the hearers of the law. — The parenthesis should not be placed here (as usually in the Authorised version), but at the beginning of the next verse. The present verse is explanatory of that...
Romans 2:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 HUMAN GUILT UNIVERSAL: HE APPROACHES THE CONSCIENCE OF THE JEW Romans 2:1-17 WE have appealed, for affirmation of St. Paul's tremendous exposure of human sin, to a solemn and deliber...
Romans 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Searcher of All Hearts Romans 2:12-20 The Apostle goes on to show that all men, whether Jews or Gentiles, will be judged by the same standard. For the Jew that law was written upon the page...
Romans 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at leas...
Romans 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (13) (For not the hearers of the law just before God, but the d...
Romans 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For not the hearers of the law are just before God ,.... The apostle here shows, that the Jews were justly condemned, notwithstanding their having and hearing of the law; since hearing without doing...
Romans 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Ver. 13. But the doers of the law ] The Scriptures are verba vivenda non legenda, as Egidins,...
Romans 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For not the hearers of the law Those who are only hearers; are Even now; just δικαιοι, righteous , that is, accounted and dealt with as righteous persons; before God Here the apostle condemn...
Romans 2:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Case of the Cultured Greek But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never considering that the same...
Romans 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Equity of the Divine Government. A. D. 58. 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoev...
Romans 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This and the two following verses are included in a parenthesis, and they serve to obviate an objection against what was said, Romans 2:12 . The Jews might plead, that they were superior to the Ge...
Romans 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Even Respectable Men, Judges, Philosophers, Rabbis and Jews Come Under God's Judgment As Sinners (2:1-16). Having demonstrated the sinfulness and inexcusability of the majority of mankind, Paul no...
Romans 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 2:13 . Not the hearers of the law .—Jewish writers held that no circumcised person goes to hell. St. Paul confutes all vain opinions. The literal meaning of δικαιοῦν is to...
Romans 2:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

the law A law. The statement is general, true of "a law," any law.
Romans 2:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 2 The Practical Outcome of Judaism. I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just, inevitable, and...
Romans 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:1 . Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man, whether Roman or Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is...
Romans 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. Man’s inexcusableness I. Because-- 1. He has a knowledge of his duty. 2. He was created with ability to perform it....
Romans 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 2:1-45 ( b ) Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. Here a new stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans 1:18 , begins, and is conti...
Romans 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Necessity of Keeping the Law Properly. Not the hearing of the Law, but the doing of the Law has value:
Romans 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:7 ; Acts 13:39 ; Deuteronomy 30:12-14 ; Deuteronomy 4:1 ; Deuteronomy 5:1 ; Deuteronomy 6:3 ; Ezekiel 20:11 ; Ezekiel 33:30-33 ; Galatians 2:16 ; Galatians 3:11 ; G...
Romans 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For not the hearers of the law are, even now, just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified — Finally acquitted and rewarded a most sure and important truth, which respects the genti...

Romans 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 2:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 2:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 2:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 2:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 2:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes