Romans 2:9
7 To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
11 For God does not show favoritism.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
- KJV
- Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
- WEB
- oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- ASV
- tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
- DARBY
- tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;
- BLB
- tribulation and distress upon every soul of man working evil, both of Jew first, and also of Greek;
- ÅB
- Trengsel og angst skal komme over hver menneskesjel som gjør det onde; jøde først og så greker.
- OTB
- Det vil være trengsel og nød for hvert menneske som gjør ondt: først for jøden, så for grekeren;
- B1930
- Trengsel og angst skal komme over hver menneskesjel som gjør det onde, både jøde først og så greker;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
Read in contextRomans 3:29–30
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Read in contextRomans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:4
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
Read in contextRomans 9:24
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
Read in contextRomans 15:8–9
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Read in contextLuke 24:47
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:6
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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