Romans 2:16

Romans 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• New International Version (NIV)This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
• English Standard Version (ESV)on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Context of Romans 2:16

14So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law. 15They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. 17Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, 18and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

Romans 2:16 word by word

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρίνει ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• shall judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• the secretsκρυπτόςkruptos · hiddenG2927
• of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098

Cross-references for Romans 2:16

• Romans 2:5Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
• Romans 3:6Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?
• Romans 14:10But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
• Genesis 18:25You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just?”
• Psalms 9:7But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
• Psalms 50:6The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge.Selah
• Psalms 96:13before the Lord, for he is coming — for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his faithfulness.
• Psalms 98:9before the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world righteously and the peoples fairly.
• Ecclesiastes 3:17I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
• Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each according to what he has done.
• Matthew 25:31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
• Luke 8:17For nothing is concealed that won’t be revealed, and nothing hidden that won’t be made known and brought to light.
• John 12:48The one who rejects me and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge: The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

Commentaries on Romans 2:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16In 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 Gospel - according to what I am now laying down before you, relative to the impartiality of God, and his righteous procedure in judging men, not according to their opinions or prejudices, not according to revelations which they never possessed, but according to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16In the day - This verse is doubtless to be connected with Romans 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 bar of judgment. At that time God will judge all in righteousness, the Jew by the Law which he had, and the pagan by the Law which he had. When God shall judge - God is often represented as the Judge of mankind; Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 50:4; 1 Samuel 2:10…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16secrets (literally the hidden things): Scripture often emphasizes that God will judge people based on their thoughts and intentions (see 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 139:1–2; Jeremiah 17:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. In the day, &c.--Here the unfinished statement of Ro 2:12 is resumed and closed. shall judge the secrets of men--here specially referring to the unfathomed depths of hypocrisy in the self-righteous whom the apostle had to deal with. (See Ec 12:14; 1Co 4:5). according to my gospel--to my teaching as a preacher of the Gospel.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 2:16

• God Continued...
• Heart
• Jesus Continued
• Judgment
• Secret
• Sin
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Jesus Christ
• Accuse
• Boast
• Continuance

Commentaries on Romans 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings