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

14For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, 15in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. 17But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God, 18and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of 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

• on the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• whenὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• accordingκατάkata · according toG2596
• to my gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• will judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• the secretsκρυπτόςkruptos · hiddenG2927
• of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424

Cross-references for Romans 2:16

• Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
• Romans 3:6May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?
• Romans 14:10But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?”
• Psalms 9:7But the Lord abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment,
• Psalms 50:6And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.
• Psalms 96:13Before the Lord, for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness.
• Psalms 98:9Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity.
• Ecclesiastes 3:17I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
• Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.
• Matthew 25:31“But 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 hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
• John 12:48He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him 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

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• Heart
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• Judgment
• Secret
• Sin
• Word of God

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