Romans 2:5-6

2:5 But because of your stubbornness ¹  and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed! ²  2:6 He ³  will reward ⁴  each one according to his works: ⁵ 

Romans 2:16

2:16 on the day when God will judge ⁶  the secrets of human hearts, ⁷  according to my gospel ⁸  through Christ Jesus.

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¹ tn Grk “hardness.” Concerning this imagery, see Jer 4:4; Ezek 3:7; 1 En. 16:3.

² tn Grk “in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”

³ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁴ tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.

⁶ tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

⁷ tn Grk “of people.”

⁸ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.