Romans 2:6
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God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
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THE JEW UNDER LIKE CONDEMNATION WITH THE GENTILE. (Rom. 2:1-29) the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance--that is, is designed and adapted to do so.
Open source ↗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 under sin." This we have proved upon the Gentiles (ch. 1), now in this chapter he proves it upon the Jews, as appears by Rom 2:17, "thou art called a Jew." I. He proves in general that Jews and Gentiles stand upon the same level before the justice of God, to Rom 2:11. II. He shows more particularly what sins the Jews were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions (Rom 2:17 to the end).
Open source ↗2:6-11 Paul uses a chiasm (“X” arrangement) to make his point: A God judges everyone the same (2:6) B Life is the reward for doing good (2:7) C Wrath is the penalty for evil (2:8) C′ Wrath for doing evil (2:9) B′ Life for doing good (2:10) A′ God shows no favoritism (2:11)
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and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.