then hear from heaven. Act, and judge your servants. Punish the bad person and make him suffer the same things he made other people suffer. Prove that the person that has done right is innocent.
Romans 2:9 - Easy To Read Version God will give trouble and suffering to every person that does evil—to the Jews first and also to the non-Jews. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And] there will be tribulation and anguish and calamity and constraint for every soul of man who [habitually] does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek (Gentile). American Standard Version (1901) tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; Common English Bible There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Catholic Public Domain Version Tribulation and anguish are upon every soul of man that works evil: the Jew first, and also the Greek. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek. |
then hear from heaven. Act, and judge your servants. Punish the bad person and make him suffer the same things he made other people suffer. Prove that the person that has done right is innocent.
Many pains will come to bad people.\par But God’s true love\par will surround the people\par that trust the Lord.\par
When good people get what they want, it brings more good. But when evil people get what they want, it brings only trouble.
I will treat each person just the same. It won’t matter if that person is the parent or the child. The person that sins is the person that will die!
“There are many families on earth. But you are the only family I chose to know in a special way. \{And you turned against me.\} So I will punish you for all your sins.”
It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.
When the Jewish believers heard these things, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing the non-Jewish people to change their hearts and have life the same as us!”
“My brothers, sons in the family of Abraham, {\cf2\super [267]} and you non-Jews who also worship the true God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.
I told all people—Jewish people and Greek (non-Jewish) people—to change their hearts and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.
I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. I told the people to do things that show that they really changed their hearts. I told these things first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told these things to the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.
Three days later Paul sent for some of the most important Jews. When they came together, Paul said, “My Jewish brothers, I have done nothing against our people (the Jews). I have done nothing against the customs of our fathers. {\cf2\super [524]} But I was arrested in Jerusalem and given to the Romans.
“I want you Jews to know that God has sent his salvation to the non-Jewish people. They will listen!”
God has sent his special servant (Jesus). God sent him to you first. God sent Jesus to bless you. He does this by making each of you turn away from doing bad things.”
I am proud of the Good News. The Good News is the power God uses to save every person that believes—to save the Jews first, and also to save the non-Jews.
That Scripture says “any person” because there is no difference between Jew and non-Jew. The same Lord is the Lord of all people. The Lord gives many blessings to all people that trust in him.
But God will give glory, honor, and peace to every person that does good—to the Jews first and also to the non-Jews.
Can anything separate us from Christ’s love? No! Can trouble separate us from Christ’s love? No! Can problems or persecution {\cf2\super [70]} separate us from Christ’s love? No! If we have no food or clothes, will that separate us from Christ’s love? No! Will danger or even death separate us from Christ’s love? No!
We are those people. We are the people God called (chose). God called us from the Jews and from the non-Jews.
In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews. There is no difference between people that are circumcised {\cf2\super [16]} and people that are not circumcised, or people that are from some foreign country, or Scythians. {\cf2\super [17]} There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all those believers. And Christ is all that is important.
God will do what is right. He will give trouble to those people who trouble you.
It is time for judging to begin. That judging will begin with God’s family. If that judgment begins with us, then what will happen to those people who don’t accept the Good News {\cf2\super [29]} of God?