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Romans 2:16
16in [the] day when 1God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ.
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
14For when [those of the] nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves; 15who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing themselves between themselves;) in [the] day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ. 17But if thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God, 18and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
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ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρίνει ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 2:16
- Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in [the] day of wrath and revelation of [the] righteous judgment of God,
- Romans 3:6Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?
- Romans 14:10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked — far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Psalms 9:7But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.
- Psalms 96:13Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
- Psalms 98:9Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
- Matthew 16:27For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings.
- Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
- Luke 8:17For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.
- John 12:48He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise 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
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- 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
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