Discovery BoxRomans 2:5-6 
Context2:5 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
Context2:16 on the day when God will judge 6 the secrets of human hearts, 7 according to my gospel 8 through Christ Jesus.
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.”
