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Romans 2:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But he will show how angry and furious he can be with every selfish person who rejects the truth and wants to do evil.

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Listen from heaven and decide who is right. Then punish the guilty person and let the innocent one go free.

Some rebel and refuse to follow the light.

No one knows the full power of your furious anger, but it is as great as the fear that we owe to you.

Good people want what is best, but troublemakers hope to stir up trouble.

Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice.

None of you respect the LORD or obey his servant. You walk in the dark instead of the light; you don't trust the name of the LORD your God.

You asked me to be a witness when you made the agreement to set your slaves free. And as part of the ceremony you cut a calf into two parts, then walked between the parts. But you people of Jerusalem have broken that agreement as well as my agreement with Israel. So I will do to you what you did to that calf.

So in my fierce anger, I will punish the Israelites for what they have done, and they will know that I am furious. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Who can stand the heat of his furious anger? It flashes out like fire and shatters stones.

From heaven God shows how angry he is with all the wicked and evil things that sinful people do to crush the truth.

Yet not everyone has believed the message. For example, the prophet Isaiah asked, “Lord, has anyone believed what we said?”

In fact, all I will talk about is how Christ let me speak and work, so that the Gentiles would obey him.

You used to be slaves of sin. But I thank God that with all your heart you obeyed the teaching you received from me.

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.

This is how things are done in all God's churches, and that's why none of you should argue about what I have said.

I am afraid that when I come, we won't be pleased with each other. I fear that some of you may be arguing or jealous or angry or selfish or gossiping or insulting each other. I even fear that you may be proud and acting like a mob.

They worship idols, practise witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are

But the ones who are jealous of us are not sincere. They just want to cause trouble for me while I am in jail.

Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.

and with a flaming fire. Our Lord Jesus will punish anyone who doesn't know God and won't obey his message.

But don't have anything to do with stupid arguments about ancestors. And stay away from disagreements and quarrels about the Law of Moses. Such arguments are useless and senseless.

They are God's enemies, and all they can look forward to is a terrible judgment and a furious fire.

Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.

Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save for ever all who obey him.

But if your heart is full of bitter jealousy and selfishness, don't boast or lie to cover-up the truth.

Whenever people are jealous or selfish, they cause trouble and do all sorts of cruel things.

If you are a wife, you must put your husband first. Even if he opposes our message, you will win him over by what you do. No one else will have to say anything to him,

God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,

You will have to drink the wine that God gives to everyone who makes him angry. You will feel his mighty anger, and you will be tortured with fire and burning sulphur, while the holy angels and the Lamb look on.

The great city of Babylon split into three parts, and the cities of other nations fell. So God made Babylon drink from the wine cup that was filled with his anger.




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