Teks -- Romans 2:7 (NET)

2:7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

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Robertson: Rom 2:7 - To them that seek

To them that seek ( tois meṅ̇zētousin ).

Dative plural of the articular present active participle of zēteō with men on the one hand.

Robertson: Rom 2:7 - Eternal life

Eternal life ( zōēn aiōnion ).

Accusative case object of apodōsei above.

Vincent: Rom 2:7 - Eternal life

Eternal life

Supply He will render .

Wesley: Rom 2:7 - To them that seek for glory

For pure love does not exclude faith, hope, desire, 1Co 15:58.

JFB: Rom 2:7-10 - To them who, &c.

The substance of these verses is that the final judgment will turn upon character alone.

JFB: Rom 2:7-10 - by patient continuance in well-doing, &c.

Compare Luk 8:15 : "That on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience"; denoting the enduring and progressive character of the new life.

Clarke: Rom 2:7 - To them, etc.

To them, etc. - In this manner will God, in the great day, dispense punishments and rewards

1.    He will give eternal life to them who, in all the trials and difficulties of the present state, have persevered in well doing - seeking for and expecting glory, honor, and immortality.

Calvin: Rom 2:7 - NO PHRASE

7.=== To them indeed, who by perseverance, === etc.; literally, patience; by which word something more is expressed. For it is perseverance, when one is not wearied in constantly doing good; but patience also is required in the saints, by which they may continue firm, though oppressed with various trials. For Satan suffers them not by a free course to come to the Lord; but he strives by numberless hinderances to impede them, and to turn them aside from the right way. And when he says, that the faithful, by continuing in good works, seek glory and honour, he does not mean that they aspire after any thing else but the favor of God, or that they strive to attain any thing higher, or more excellent: but they can not seek him, without striving, at the same time, for the blessedness of his kingdom, the description of which is contained in the paraphrase given in these words. The meaning then is, — that the Lord will give eternal life to those who, by attention to good works, strive to attain immortality. ⁶⁶

Defender: Rom 2:7 - well doing

Superficially this verse seems to suggest that by "patient continuance in well doing," one could obtain eternal life, without regard to one's relation to Christ. While this may be true hypothetically, the apostle goes on in the next chapter to explain that "there is none righteous, no, not one" (Rom 3:10). Nevertheless, anyone can receive imputed righteousness through Jesus Christ, simply by faith in Him (Rom 3:25, Rom 3:26)."

TSK: Rom 2:7 - patient // glory // immortality // eternal

patient : Rom 8:24, Rom 8:25; Job 17:9; Psa 27:14, Psa 37:3, Psa 37:34; Lam 3:25, Lam 3:26; Mat 24:12, Mat 24:13; Luk 8:15; Joh 6:66-69; 1Co 15:58; Gal 6:9; 2Ti 4:7, 2Ti 4:8; Heb 6:12, Heb 6:15; Heb 10:35, Heb 10:36; Jam 5:7, Jam 5:8; Rev 2:10,Rev 2:11

glory : Rom 8:18, Rom 9:23; Joh 5:44; 2Co 4:16-18; Col 1:27; 1Pe 1:7, 1Pe 1:8, 1Pe 4:13, 1Pe 4:14

immortality : 1Co 15:53, 1Co 15:54; 2Ti 1:10

eternal : Rom 6:23; 1Jo 2:25

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Poole: Rom 2:7 - Patient continuance // Immortality // glory and honour // Eternal life

What he had laid down in general, he amplifies more particularly.

Patient continuance or perseverance in well doing which implies patience: see Mat 10:22 24:13 Heb 10:36 .

Immortality or incorruption: he adds this to show, that the

glory and honour he speaks of was not such as the Gentiles usually sought, who made worldly glory the scope of their actions; but it was eternal in the heavens, and such as never fades away.

Eternal life i.e. God will render eternal life to such: the word render must be supplied out of the former verse.

PBC: Rom 2:7

While we should maintain the understanding that it is God who begins the good work in us, {Php 1:6} Who performs that work until the day of Jesus Christ {Php 1:6} and that unless He preserves us we will fall, {Jude 1:1} yet shouldn’t we consider what this text says and maintain that the ones who show evidence of this are the ones who manifest this " patient continuance" in " well doing" who " seek for glory and honor and immortality" and it is only to those that we see the promise of " eternal life?"  528

Gill: Rom 2:7 - To them who by patient continuance in well doing // glory // Honour // Immortality // eternal life

To them who by patient continuance in well doing,.... These words are descriptive of one sort of persons, to whom God will render according to their works; and must be understood not of the Gentiles, the best and most moralized among them; for they sought after worldly things, after human wisdom, and popular applause, and not after God, his honour and glory, nor after immortality, which is only brought to light by the Gospel; nor of the pharisaical Jews, who sought for righteousness by the works of the law, and honour and glory from men, and not from God; nor of any unregenerate persons, but only of such who have the true principles of grace implanted in them, whether Jews or Gentiles: now the things which these men seek after are

glory; not the glory of this world, nor any from the men of it; but the glory of God and Christ; to be glorious within and without, by the grace and righteousness of Christ here, and to enjoy eternal glory with him hereafter.

Honour; not that which Adam had in innocence, and did not abide in; but that which is, and abides with Christ, and which all the saints have, and shall have.

Immortality; not the immortality of the soul, which is common to all; but the incorruption of the body, or the glorious resurrection of it to everlasting life at the great day, or the incorruptible crown, and never fading inheritance of the saints in light. The manner in which these things are sought is, "by patient continuance in well doing"; by doing good works, and by doing these good works well, from a principle of faith and love, and with a view to the glory of God; and by patiently enduring reproaches and sufferings for well doing, and by persevering therein: not that these things are to be had, or are expected by the saints to be had for the sake of patience and well doing; yet they may be sought for, and looked unto, as an encouragement to well doing, and continuance therein; and though not "for", yet "in" well doing there is a reward. These words do not express that for the sake of which glory is had; but only describe the persons who seek, and the manner in which they seek for it, to whom God will render

eternal life, which he of his rich grace promised them before the world was, and of his free favour has put into the hands of Christ for them, and which, as a pure gift of grace, he bestows on them through him.