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Romans 2:9

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There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well.

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then hear ⌞that person⌟ in heaven, take action, and make a decision. Repay the guilty person with the proper punishment, but declare the innocent person innocent.

Many heartaches await wicked people, but mercy surrounds those who trust the Lord.

The desire of righteous people ends only in good, but the hope of wicked people ends only in fury.

The life of every person belongs to me. Fathers and their children belong to me. The person who sins will die.

So I will pour out my anger on you, and with my fiery anger I will consume you. This is because of all the things you have done,’ declares the Almighty Lord.”

Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you. That is why I am going to punish you for all your sins.

What good will it do for people to win the whole world and lose their lives? Or what will a person give in exchange for life?

Scripture also says that by the authority of Jesus people would be told to turn to God and change the way they think and act so that their sins will be forgiven. This would be told to people from all nations, beginning in the city of Jerusalem.

When the others heard this, they had no further objections. They praised God by saying, “Then God has also led people who are not Jewish to turn to him so that they can change the way they think and act and have eternal life.”

“Brothers—descendants of Abraham and converts to Judaism—the message that God saves people was sent to us.

I warned Jews and Greeks to change the way they think and act and to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Instead, I spread the message that I first told to the ⌞Jewish⌟ people in Damascus and Jerusalem and throughout the whole country of Judea. I spread the same message to non-Jewish people. Both groups were expected to change the way they thought and acted and to turn to God. I told them to do things that prove they had changed their lives.

After three days Paul invited the most influential Jews in Rome to meet with him. When they assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, I haven’t done anything against the Jewish people or violated the customs handed down by our ancestors. Yet, I’m a prisoner from Jerusalem, and I’ve been handed over to the Roman authorities.

“You need to know that God has sent his salvation to people who are not Jews. They will listen.”

God has brought his servant back to life and has sent him to you first. God did this to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways.”

I’m not ashamed of the Good News. It is God’s power to save everyone who believes, Jews first and Greeks as well.

There is no difference between Jews and Greeks. They all have the same Lord, who gives his riches to everyone who calls on him.

But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every person who does what is good, for Jews first and Greeks as well.

What will separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or violent death separate us from his love?

This is what God did for us whom he called—whether we are Jews or not.

There are neither Jews nor Greeks, slaves nor free people, males nor females. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.

Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.

Certainly, it is right for God to give suffering to those who cause you to suffer.

The time has come for the judgment to begin, and it will begin with God’s family. If it starts with us, what will be the end for those who refuse to obey the Good News of God?




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