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VIII - GOD'S GOODNESS MAN'S SALVATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2010

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“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render unto every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life: but unto them that are contentious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; but glory, honor, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for there is no respect of persons with God.”

—Romans ii: 4–11.

The full force of this cannot be made to appear except by reading that catalogue of terrible depravities and crimes which fills up the first chapter of Romans, and which might stand for an inventory of Sodom and Gomorrah. The apostle goes on to say, substantially, that it made no difference whether these things were committed by the Jew or the Gentile. Wrong is wrong—without regard to nationality, without regard to government, without regard to religion, institutions, or anything else.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009
First published in: 1885

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