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Romans 2:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness,  restraint,  and patience,  not recognising  that God’s kindness  is intended to lead you to repentance?

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The Lord does not delay his promise,  as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any  to perish  but all to come to repentance.


Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.


The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord  #– #the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,


I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope  of his calling,  what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,


so that in the coming ages  he might display the immeasurable riches  of his grace through his kindness  to us in Christ Jesus.


In him we have redemption  through his blood, the forgiveness  of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace


God presented him as the mercy seat  , by his blood,  through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God  passed over the sins previously committed.


Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.


Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgements and untraceable his ways!


Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity towards those who have fallen but God’s kindness  towards you #– #if you remain in his kindness.  Otherwise you too will be cut off.


But God, who is rich in mercy,  because of his great love  that he had for us,


Because the sentence against an evil act is not carried out quickly,  the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit evil.


Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days  scoffing and following their own evil desires,


who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah  while the ark was being prepared. In it a few #– #that is, eight people  ,  #– #were saved through water.


Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant  or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,  who richly provides us with all things  to enjoy.


And my God  will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.


See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.


But I received mercy  for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience  as an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.


God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ  in you, the hope  of glory.


What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?  Absolutely not!


What should we say then?  Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?


I want their hearts to be encouraged  and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery   #– #Christ.  ,


I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches  of his glory,  to be strengthened with power  in your inner being  through his Spirit,


This grace was given to me #– #the least of all the saints #– #to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches  of Christ,


since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek,  because the same Lord  of all  richly blesses all who call on him.


so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed,  and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’


Then do you come and stand before me in this house  that bears my name and say, ‘We are rescued, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?


The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,  forgiving iniquity and rebellion.  But he will not leave the guilty unpunished,  bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.


He prayed to the Lord,  ‘Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled towards Tarshish in the first place.  I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,  slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.


Afterwards, the people of Israel will return  and seek the Lord their God and David their king.  They will come with awe to the Lord   and to his goodness in the last days.


I will give them integrity of  heart  and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone  from their bodies  and give them a heart of flesh,


During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.


For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom  of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.


I gave her time to repent,   but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.





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