Romans 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

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  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
  • Rom 9:24 : 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
  • Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers, 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.
  • Acts 13:46-47 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 18:5-6 : 5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 6 And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
  • Rom 2:10 : 10 But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:
  • Rom 3:29-30 : 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles: 30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.
  • Rom 4:9-9 : 9 Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness. 10 How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it: 11 And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account; 12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.
  • Acts 28:28 : 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
  • Acts 11:18 : 18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
  • Prov 1:27-28 : 27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you. 28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.
  • Amos 3:2 : 2 You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
  • Matt 11:20-24 : 20 Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins. 21 Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads. 22 But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day. 24 But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 2:30-32 : 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 Which you have made ready before the face of all nations; 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows; 48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
  • Gal 2:15-16 : 15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 2:11-17 : 11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.
  • 2 Thess 1:6 : 6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
  • Rom 10:12 : 12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

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  • Rom 2:10-11
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    10 But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

    11 For one man is not different from another before God.

  • Rom 2:2-8
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    2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

    3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

    4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

    5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

    6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

    7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

    8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

    6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

  • Rom 3:8-9
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    8 Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.

    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • 1 Thess 2:14-16
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    14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

    15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

    16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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    8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

    9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

  • 2 Pet 2:8-9
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    8 (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):

    9 The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

  • Rom 3:29
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    29 Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:

  • Acts 15:19
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    19 For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

  • Gal 2:15
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    15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

  • Rom 9:2
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    2 That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

  • Acts 14:2
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    2 But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

  • Rom 1:16
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    16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

  • Rom 2:24
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    24 For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.

  • Col 3:6
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    6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Rom 2:28-29
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    28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

    29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • Rom 1:32
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    32 Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

  • 1 Pet 4:17
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    17 For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?

  • Acts 3:26
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    26 To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9 With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,

  • 1 Cor 10:32
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    32 Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

  • Titus 3:3
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    3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

  • Jude 1:15
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    15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

  • Rom 9:24
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    24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

  • Lev 23:29
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    29 For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

  • 1 Pet 2:19
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    19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

  • Prov 11:17
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    17 The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • Col 3:25
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    25 For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

  • Rom 5:3
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    3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

  • Eph 2:3
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    3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.