Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 2].
\Kataphrone•\ is old verb to think down on (\kata, phrone•\) as
in Mt 6:24; 1Co 11:22. This upstart Jew actually thinks down on
God. And then "the riches" (\tou ploutou\) of all that comes from
God. {Leadeth thee to repentance} (\eis metanoian se agei\). The
very kindness (\to chr•ston\, the kindly quality) of God is
trying to lead (conative present \agei\) thee to a right-about
face, a change of mind and attitude (\metanoian\) instead of a
complacent self-satisfaction and pride of race and privilege.
2:5 {After thy hardness} (\kata t•n skl•rot•ta sou\). "According
to thy hardness (old word from \skl•ros\, hard, stiff, only here
in N.T.) will God's judgment be." {And impenitent heart} (\kai
ametano•ton kardian\). See \metanoian\ just before. "Thy
unreconstructed heart," "with no change in the attitude of thy
heart." {Treasurest up for thyself} (\th•saurizeis seaut•i\). See
for \th•sauriz•\ on Mt 6:19f.; Lu 12:21; 2Co 12:14. Dative case
\seaut•i\ (for thyself) with a touch of irony (Vincent). {Wrath}
(\org•n\). For such a Jew as already stated for the Gentile
(1:18). There is a revelation (\apokalupse•s\) of God's wrath
for both in the day of wrath and righteous judgment
(\dikaiokrisias\, a late compound word, in LXX, two examples in
the Oxyrhynchus papyri, only here in N.T.). See 2Th 1:5 for
\dikaias krise•s\. Paul looks to the judgment day as certain (cf.
2Co 5:10-12), the day of the Lord (2Co 1:14).
2:6 {Who will render} (\hos apod•sei\). Paul quotes Pr 24:12 as
in 2Ti 4:14. See also Mt 16:27; Re 22:12. The rendering will
be in accord with the facts.
2:7 {To them that seek} (\tois men--z•tousin\). Dative plural of
the articular present active participle of \z•te•\ with \men\ on
the one hand. {Eternal life} (\z••n ai•nion\). Accusative case
object of \apod•sei\ above.
2:8 {But unto them that are factious and obey not the truth but
obey unrighteousness} (\tois de ex eritheias kai apeithousin t•i
al•thei•i peithomenois de adiki•i\). The other side with \de\ and
the articular present participles in the dative again, only with
\ex eritheias\, there is no participle \ousin\. But the
construction changes and the substantives that follow are not the
object of \apod•sei\ like \z••n ain•nion\ above, but are in the
nominative as if with \esontai\ (shall be) understood (anger and
wrath, both \org•\ and \thumos\, tribulation and anguish, again a
pair \thlipsis kai stenoch•ria\ on which see 2Co 5:4; 12:10).
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