Roma 2:6-8

2:6 He ¹  will reward ²  each one according to his works: ³  2:7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, 2:8 but ⁴  wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition ⁵  and do not obey the truth but follow ⁶  unrighteousness.

Roma 2:14-16

2:14 For whenever the Gentiles, ⁷  who do not have the law, do by nature ⁸  the things required by the law, ⁹  these who do not have the law are a law to themselves. 2:15 They ¹⁰  show that the work of the law is written ¹¹  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ¹²  them, ¹³  2:16 on the day when God will judge ¹⁴  the secrets of human hearts, ¹⁵  according to my gospel ¹⁶  through Christ Jesus.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:6]  ² tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.

[2:6]  ³ sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.

[2:8]  ⁴ tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “those who [are] from selfish ambition.”

[2:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “are persuaded by, obey.”

[2:14]  ⁷ sn Gentile is a NT term for a non-Jew.

[2:14]  ⁸ tn Some (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:135-37) take the phrase φύσει (fusei, “by nature”) to go with the preceding “do not have the law,” thus: “the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature,” that is, by virtue of not being born Jewish.

[2:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “do by nature the things of the law.”

[2:15]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

[2:15]  ¹² tn Or “excuse.”

[2:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

[2:16]  ¹⁴ tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

[2:16]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “of people.”

[2:16]  ¹⁶ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.