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Romans 2:16

Romans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And knowest his will,.... Not the secret will or purpose of God; nor his revealed will in the Gospel, for of this they were ignorant; but his declared will in the law, showing what is to be done, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In the day - This verse is doubtless to be connected with Rom 2:12, and the intermediate verses are a parenthesis, and it implies that the pagan world, as well as the Jews, will be arraigned at the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

In the day when God shall judge - And all this shall be farther exemplified and proved in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ; which judgment shall be according to my…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Romans 2:1-16

In the former chapter the apostle had represented the state of the Gentile world to be as bad and black as the Jews were ready enough to pronounce it. And now, designing to show that the state of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

in the day, &c. This sentence is often connected with the close of Rom 2:12. But the parenthesis is thus, even in the style of St Paul, highly difficult and peculiar; and Rom 2:13 stands in close…