Romans 2

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  1. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Formality cites Rom. ii. 28

    …the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."—Rom. ii. 28, 29. The texts which head this page deserve serious attention at any time. But they…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Rom. ii. 4

    …any clear revelation of his mind and will. And therefore the exhortation of the apostle, Rom. ii. 4, “Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering, not…

  3. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the First cites Rom. ii. 6

    …great reward?” Again, “Who rendereth unto every man according to his work;” and Paul, Rom. ii. 6, “Who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for eternal life,” and many of the same…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 17 — The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled cites Rom. 2:13

    …James of the effects, of justification. Sum of the discussion. 13. Argument founded on Rom. 2:13. Answer, explaining the Apostles meaning. Another argument, containing a reduction ad…

  5. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Complaining cites Romans ii. 1

    …4 and 12, especially the latter verse, are exceedingly effective in dealing with such. Romans ii. 1, and Matt. vii. 1‒5, are also excellent. Jno. xxi. 21, 22 is useful in showing the…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.2 Degrees of Sin cites Rom 2: 1

    …lives in the same sins he condemns in others. ‘Thou that judges, does the same things.’ Rom 2: 1. As Augustine says of Seneca, ‘He wrote against superstition, yet he worshipped those…

  7. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites Romans ii. 2

    …and we must go to that book to find out the character of God’s goodness. Let us turn to Romans ii. 2, 4, 5.” Having read the verses, you can say something like this, “Now, my friend, you see…

  8. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon II cites Rom. ii. 3

    …of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man according to his deeds,” Rom. ii. 3, 4, 5, 6. 8. Moreover, it is the voice of every affliction to call thee to make haste and…

  9. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites Rom. ii. 4

    …God’s goodness is a means to make us good. “The goodness of God leadeth to repentance” (Rom. ii. 4). The goodness of God is a spiritual sunbeam to melt the heart into tears. Oh, says the…

  10. The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody · Ochorus Originals

    Right About Face cites ROMANS 2:4

    …and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? ROMANS 2:4 It is not our badness but His goodness that leads us to turn. Saving repentance and…

  11. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance cites Romans 2:4

    …turns the will, and the goodness of God that leads us to repentance in the first place (Romans 2:4). Repentance and faith are two sides of one turning, not two stages to be completed in…

  12. The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness cites ROMANS 2:4

    …and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? ROMANS 2:4 It follows that the surest way to repent is not to stare into your own heart but to look…

  13. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Repentance cites Rom. ii. 4

    …in his sins is utterly without excuse. “The goodness of God leadeth him to repentance.” (Rom. ii. 4.) I remember hearing of a mother whose daughter ran away from her, and lived a life of…

  14. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Baptism cites Rom. ii. 4

    …is used in the New Testament. St. Paul calls it “a seal of the righteousness of faith.” (Rom. ii. 4.) Now, if children were considered to be capable of admission into the Church by an…

  15. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Rom. 2:5

    …It is from men's having such a heart as this, that they treasure up wrath for themselves: Rom. 2:5, “After thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the…

  16. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Rom. 2:5

    …the day of judgment is called the day of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, Rom. 2:5. And the end of God's future trial and judgment of men, as to the part that each one in…

  17. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Farewell Sermon cites Rom. ii. 5

    …this is the end of that great day, to reveal or declare the righteous judgment of God, Rom. ii. 5. Ministers shall have justice done them, and they shall see justice done to their people…

  18. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Eternity! cites Rom. ii. 6

    …and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath." (Rom. ii. 6, 7.) We ought never to forget, that we are all, while we live, in a state of probation.…

  19. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Is Hell Real, and Is It Fair? cites Romans 2:6

    …exact. Hell isn’t one-size-fits-all. “God ‘will repay each one according to his deeds’” (Romans 2:6). Nobody will receive a gram more than is just. People are not dragged there against…

  20. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Eternity of God cites Rom 2:7

    …Of comfort to the godly. God is eternal, therefore he lives for ever to reward the godly. Rom 2:7. ‘To them who seek for glory and honour, eternal life’. The people of God here are in a…

  21. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 23 — Refutation of the Calumnies by Which This Doctrine Is Always Unjustly Assailed cites Rom. 2:10

    …circumstance of country the ground for rejecting, one or embracing the other (Acts 10:34; Rom. 2:10, Gal. 3:28). Thus James also uses the same words, when he would declare that God has no…

  22. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    What About People Who Never Hear About Jesus? cites Romans 2:11

    …(Genesis 18:25). The answer the whole Bible gives is yes. “God does not show favoritism” (Romans 2:11). Nobody will be treated unfairly by God, ever. Jesus even taught that people will be…

  23. The Key Teachings of Amanda Berry Smith · Ochorus Originals

    Into All the World cites ROMANS 2:11

    …that speaking of them was not a betrayal. For there is no respect of persons with God. ROMANS 2:11 Where she must be read with care Here the reader must be honest. Amanda Smith saw India…

  24. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Free Grace cites Rom. 2:11

    …is no respecter of persons:’ (Acts 10:34) “There is no respect of persons with him.” (Rom. 2:11.) Again: from that text, “The children being not yet born, neither having done any good…

  25. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites Rom. 2:14

    …upon me; my sins also came into my mind, and my conscience did accuse me on every side. Rom. 2:14,15. Upon this I awakened from my sleep.” Christian: But what was it that made you so…

  26. The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis · Ochorus Originals

    The Law Written on the Heart cites ROMANS 2:14–15

    …shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness. ROMANS 2:14–15 When the BBC asked Lewis in 1941 to speak on the radio about the Christian faith, he made…

  27. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites Rom. 2:14

    …bearing witness, and their thoughts the meantime accusing or else excusing one another” (Rom. 2:14, 15). If the Gentiles have the righteousness of the law naturally engraven on their…

  28. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    True Virtue cites ROMANS 2:14–15

    …nature the things contained in the law …shew the work of the law written in their hearts. ROMANS 2:14–15 So the Christian is not to sneer at the decency of unbelievers, nor to pretend that the…

  29. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Witness of our own Spirit cites Rom. 2:14

    …while accusing, or even excusing,” acquitting, defending them; he kai apologoumenon. (Rom. 2:14, 15.) But the Christian rule of right and wrong is the word of God, the writings of the…

  30. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 19 — Of Christian Liberty cites Rom. 2:15

    …witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing, or else excusing one another,” (Rom. 2:15). Simple knowledge may exist in man, as it were shut up; therefore this sense, which…

  31. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Spirit, Soul and Body cites ROMANS 2:15

    …shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness. ROMANS 2:15 He taught believers to keep the conscience extremely tender, and warned that a conscience…

  32. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    April cites Rom 2:15

    …witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them.”— Rom 2:15 (R.V.). CONSCIENCE HOLDS the mirror to the inner life, and shows us just what we are in…

  33. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Rom 2:15

    …yet conscience might. Conscience, as the apostle says, ‘either accuseth’ or ‘excuseth.’ Rom 2:15. It acts in order to a higher judicatory. Natural conscience, being kept free from gross…

  34. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Creation cites Rom 2:15

    …viz., the book of Conscience, ‘Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts,’ Rom 2:15, and the book of the Creation, ‘The invisible things of him are clearly seen by the…

  35. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 10 — Of the Power of Making Laws cites Rom. 2:15

    …bears witness, “our thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing each other” (Rom. 2:15). Simple knowledge, therefore, might exist in a man, as it were, shut up, and therefore…

  36. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sin cites Rom. ii. 16

    …wise enter heaven.” (Jer. xliv. 4; Hab. i. 13; James ii. 10; Ezek. xviii. 4; Rom. vi. 23; Rom. ii. 16; Mark ix. 44; Ps. ix. 17; Matt. xxv. 46; Rev. xxi. 27.) These are indeed tremendous…

  37. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Rom. 2:19

    …a light of them which are in darkness, instructors of the foolish, teachers of babes,” Rom. 2:19, 20. It is natural for them to take it for granted, that it belongs to them to do the…

  38. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites Rom. 2:20

    …spiritual knowledge, in calling that the form of knowledge, and of the truth in the law, Rom. 2:20, “Which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.” The latter is often…

  39. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    The Reformed Pastor cites ROMANS 2:21

    …place he has not been. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? ROMANS 2:21 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I…

  40. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites Rom. 2:24

    …than he. He is the very stain, reproach, and shame of religion to all that know him, Rom. 2:24,25; it can hardly have a good word in all that end of the town where he dwells, through…

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