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For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/esv/romans/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/bsb/romans/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/blb/romans/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up to yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God, <a href="/kjv/romans/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/romans/2.htm">New King James Version</a> But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/nasb_/romans/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/nasb/romans/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/nasb77/romans/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/lsb/romans/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/amp/romans/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/csb/romans/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed. <a href="/hcsb/romans/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God&#8217s righteous judgment is revealed. <a href="/asv/romans/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; <a href="/cev/romans/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But you are stubborn and refuse to turn to God. So you are making things even worse for yourselves on that day when he will show how angry he is and will judge the world with fairness. <a href="/erv/romans/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; <a href="/gwt/romans/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Since you are stubborn and don't want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair. <a href="/gnt/romans/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed. <a href="/isv/romans/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/msb/romans/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God?s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/net/romans/2.htm">NET Bible</a> But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed! <a href="/nheb/romans/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; <a href="/wbt/romans/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; <a href="/wey/romans/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day of Anger--the day when the righteousness of God's judgements will stand revealed. <a href="/web/romans/2.htm">World English Bible</a> But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> But according to your hardness and impenitent heart, you treasure up wrath to yourself in [the] day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/blb/romans/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up to yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God, <a href="/ylt/romans/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/slt/romans/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And according to thy hardness and impenitent heart thou treasurest up to thyself anger in the day of anger and revelation of the just judgment of God;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath, and revelation of the just judgment of God. <a href="/cpdv/romans/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But in accord with your hard and impenitent heart, you store up wrath for yourself, unto the day of wrath and of revelation by the just judgment of God. <a href="/nabre/romans/2.htm">New American Bible</a> By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God, <a href="/nrsvce/romans/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Because of the hardness and impenitence of your heart you are laying up for yourself a treasure of wrath for the day of wrath and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But because of the callousness of your heart which does not repent, you lay up for yourself the treasure of wrath for the day of wrath and the revelation of the just judgment of God,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But, according to your hard and impenitent heart, you treasure up to yourself wrath for a day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/godbey/romans/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> But according to thy hardness and thy impenitent heart, thou art treasuring up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God; <a href="/haweis/romans/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But after thy obdurate and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath at the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/mace/romans/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> however by your impenitence, and the insensibility of your heart, you treasure up for yourself wrath against the day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/wey/romans/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day of Anger--the day when the righteousness of God's judgements will stand revealed. <a href="/worrell/romans/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> but, after your hardness and impenitent heart, you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, <a href="/worsley/romans/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But by thy hardness and impenitence of heart thou art treasuring up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgement of God, <a href="/parallel/romans/2-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=356" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/2.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> …4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? 5<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: Kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">because of</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4643.htm" title="4643: sklērotēta (N-AFS) -- Hardness, hardness of heart, obstinacy, perverseness. From skleros; callousness, i.e. stubbornness.">hard</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/279.htm" title="279: ametanoēton (Adj-AFS) -- Unrepentant, impenitent. Unrepentant.">unrepentant</a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardian (N-AFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">heart,</a> <a href="/greek/2343.htm" title="2343: thēsaurizeis (V-PIA-2S) -- To store up, treasure up, save, lay up. From thesauros; to amass or reserve.">you are storing up</a> <a href="/greek/3709.htm" title="3709: orgēn (N-AFS) -- From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.">wrath</a> <a href="/greek/4572.htm" title="4572: seautō (PPro-DM2S) -- Of yourself. ">against yourself</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">for</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmera (N-DFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">the day</a> <a href="/greek/3709.htm" title="3709: orgēs (N-GFS) -- From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.">of wrath,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">when</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God’s</a> <a href="/greek/1341.htm" title="1341: dikaiokrisias (N-GFS) -- Just judging, just judgment. From dikaios and krisis; a just sentence.">righteous judgment</a> <a href="/greek/602.htm" title="602: apokalypseōs (N-GFS) -- An unveiling, uncovering, revealing, revelation. From apokalupto; disclosure.">will be revealed.</a> 6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7-10</a> But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? / Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. / And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. ... <a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-15</a> And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. / Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. ... <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a> and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a> I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve. <a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-27</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. <a href="/psalms/62-12.htm">Psalm 62:12</a> and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds. <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a> And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27-28</a> Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. <a href="/luke/3-7.htm">Luke 3:7-9</a> Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? / Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. / The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a> Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-31</a> Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ... <a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a> Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9-11</a> Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. / For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. / I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But after your hardness and impenitent heart treasure up to yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;But after.<a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25</a> For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.<a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15</a> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.<a href="/exodus/14-17.htm">Exodus 14:17</a> And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.treasurest.<a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a> What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:<a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Deuteronomy 32:34</a> Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?<a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10</a> For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.the day.<a href="/job/21-30.htm">Job 21:30</a> That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.<a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.<a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a> The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:revelation.<a href="/romans/2-2.htm">Romans 2:2,3</a> But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things… <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:14</a> For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">God's</a> <a href="/acts/26-14.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/mark/16-14.htm">Hardness</a> <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/john/7-24.htm">Judgements</a> <a href="/romans/2-3.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/romans/2-3.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/romans/1-19.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Revelation</a> <a href="/romans/1-32.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/1-17.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/acts/27-24.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Storing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/romans/2-3.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/luke/12-21.htm">Treasuring</a> <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/romans/2-25.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/romans/2-13.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/5-7.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Hardness</a> <a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">Judgements</a> <a href="/romans/2-15.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/romans/3-21.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/romans/3-21.htm">Revelation</a> <a href="/romans/2-13.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/2-13.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/romans/5-2.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-19.htm">Storing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-27.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/romans/2-19.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-19.htm">Treasuring</a> <a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 2</div>1. <a href="/romans/2-1.htm">No excuse for sin.</a> 6. <a href="/romans/2-6.htm">No escape from judgment.</a> 14. <a href="/romans/2-14.htm">Gentiles cannot;</a> 17. <a href="/romans/2-17.htm">nor Jews.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But because of your hard and unrepentant heart This phrase addresses the spiritual condition of the individual, emphasizing a resistance to God's call for repentance. The "hard heart" is a recurring biblical theme, seen in Pharaoh's resistance to God in Exodus. A hard heart signifies stubbornness and a refusal to acknowledge sin, which is contrary to the call for repentance found throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a>. The unrepentant heart is a barrier to receiving God's grace and forgiveness, as seen in the parable of the prodigal son (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>), where repentance leads to restoration.you are storing up wrath against yourself This phrase suggests a cumulative effect of sin and rebellion against God. The imagery of "storing up" implies that actions have consequences that accumulate over time. This concept is echoed in <a href="/james/5-3.htm">James 5:3</a>, where the hoarding of wealth is likened to storing up judgment. The idea of storing up wrath is a warning that unrepentant sin will lead to divine judgment, as seen in the prophetic warnings throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a>.for the day of wrath The "day of wrath" refers to a future time of God's judgment. This eschatological theme is prevalent in both the Old and New Testaments, such as in <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-15</a> and <a href="/revelation/6-17.htm">Revelation 6:17</a>. It is a day when God's justice will be fully executed, and it serves as a warning to live righteously. The concept of a coming day of judgment is meant to encourage believers to remain faithful and to call sinners to repentance, as seen in <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10-12</a>.when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed This phrase underscores the nature of God's judgment as righteous and just. Unlike human judgment, which can be flawed, God's judgment is perfect and based on His holy standards. The revelation of God's judgment is a theme found in <a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11-15</a>, where the final judgment is described. It assures believers that God will ultimately vindicate His people and punish sin. The righteousness of God's judgment is also a comfort to believers, as seen in <a href="/psalms/96-13.htm">Psalm 96:13</a>, where God's coming to judge the earth is celebrated.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, addressing both Jewish and Gentile believers in Rome. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a> The recipients of the letter, a diverse group of Jewish and Gentile Christians in Rome. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> The event referred to in the verse, emphasizing the future day when God will judge humanity. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_wrath.htm">The Day of Wrath</a> A future time when God's judgment will be fully revealed against sin and unrighteousness. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_hard_and_unrepentant_heart.htm">The Hard and Unrepentant Heart</a> A description of those who refuse to turn from sin and accept God's grace.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_a_hard_heart.htm">The Danger of a Hard Heart</a> A hard heart is resistant to God's truth and grace. It is crucial to remain open and responsive to God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a> Repentance is a turning away from sin and toward God. It is essential for avoiding the wrath stored up for the unrepentant. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> God's judgment is just and righteous. Believers should live in a way that reflects their awareness of this future reality. <a href="/topical/s/storing_up_wrath.htm">Storing Up Wrath</a> Our actions have consequences. Living in unrepentance accumulates judgment, while living in faith stores up treasures in heaven. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_the_gospel.htm">The Urgency of the Gospel</a> The reality of God's coming judgment should motivate believers to share the gospel with urgency and compassion.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 2</a> <a href="/q/does_romans_2_5_align_with_reality.htm">In light of scientific evidence and human history, does Romans 2:5 asserting God's wrath align with observable reality? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_antichrist's_spirit.htm">What does being unrepentant mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_being_unrepentant_mean.htm">What does being unrepentant mean?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_92_9_conflict_with_grace.htm">Psalm 92:9 declares all God’s enemies shall perish—does this conflict with other passages that suggest the wicked may receive grace or forgiveness? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) The one condition upon which the goodness of God will come into operation, you directly contravene. Instead of being penitent, you are impenitent, and therefore the load of wrath which you have been accumulating against yourself remains unremoved. It is only waiting for the day of judgment to discharge itself upon you.Treasurest.--The treasuring up of wrath is opposed to that heavenly treasure spoken of in <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm" title="But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:">Matthew 6:20</a>. The guilt of man is accumulated little by little. I The punishment will be discharged upon him all at once, in one overwhelming tide.Against the day of wrath.--Strictly, in the day of wrath--i.e., wrath to be outpoured upon the day of wrath. "The great and terrible day of the Lord" is a conception running through all the prophetic writings. (Comp. also, in the New Testament, <a href="/luke/17-30.htm" title="Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.">Luke 17:30</a>; <a href="/acts/2-20.htm" title="The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:">Acts 2:20</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm" title="Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.">1Corinthians 1:8</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/5-5.htm" title="To deliver such an one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.">1Corinthians 5:5</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/1-14.htm" title="As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as you also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.">2Corinthians 1:14</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm" title="For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.">1Thessalonians 5:2</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-4.htm" title="But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.">1Thessalonians 5:4</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-2.htm" title="That you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.">2Thessalonians 2:2</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm" title="But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.">2Peter 3:10</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-12.htm" title="Looking for and hastening to the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?">2Peter 3:12</a>; <a href="/revelation/6-17.htm" title="For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?">Revelation 6:17</a>; <a href="/revelation/16-14.htm" title="For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.">Revelation 16:14</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. The "day of wrath" is the day of judgment, the final display of eternal righteousness, when the "forbearance" will be over; ever represented, notwithstanding the world's redemption, under a terrible aspect for the persistently impenitent (cf. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:9</a>). It may be here observed again that it is ὁ κρίνων against whom these indignant denunciations are hurled, and this on the very ground of his thus setting himself up to judge while being himself guilty. Of him it is implied, not only that he shares the guilt of mankind, but also that he especially will not escape the final judgment. Of others who, conscious of their own failings, seek sincerely alter good, this is not said, however liable to condemnation on their own mere merits they may be. Indeed, the contrary is emphatically asserted in the verses that follow; nay, even eternal life is assured to such, whoever they may be, and under whatever dispensation, though it does not fall within the scope of the argument to explain in this place why or how. It is important for us to see this clearly for an understanding of the drift of the chapter, and of St. Paul's whole doctrine with respect to human sin and its consequences. <a href="/commentaries/romans/2-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. because of Κατὰ (Kata) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. hard σκληρότητά (sklērotēta) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4643.htm">Strong's 4643: </a> Hardness, hardness of heart, obstinacy, perverseness. From skleros; callousness, i.e. stubbornness. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. unrepentant ἀμετανόητον (ametanoēton) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_279.htm">Strong's 279: </a> Unrepentant, impenitent. Unrepentant. heart, καρδίαν (kardian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. you are storing up θησαυρίζεις (thēsaurizeis) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2343.htm">Strong's 2343: </a> To store up, treasure up, save, lay up. From thesauros; to amass or reserve. wrath ὀργὴν (orgēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. against yourself σεαυτῷ (seautō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4572.htm">Strong's 4572: </a> Of yourself. for ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] day ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. of wrath, ὀργῆς (orgēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. [when] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. God’s Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. righteous judgment δικαιοκρισίας (dikaiokrisias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1341.htm">Strong's 1341: </a> Just judging, just judgment. From dikaios and krisis; a just sentence. will be revealed. ἀποκαλύψεως (apokalypseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_602.htm">Strong's 602: </a> An unveiling, uncovering, revealing, revelation. From apokalupto; disclosure. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">NT Letters: Romans 2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant (Rom. 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