Romanos 2
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Romanos 2:1
Paul is speaking here of sins already committed. And when he says "O man, whoever you are," he includes not only the Gentile but also the Jew who wanted to judge the Gentiles according to the law. — AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 7-8
Romanos 2:3
Is the fact that some persist in their wickedness any proof that God does not persist in his patience, punishing very few sins in this world, lest we fail to believe in his divine providence and, saving many for the last judgment, to justify his future decree? — LETTER 153
Romanos 2:5
Whenever Paul talks about the wrath of God he understands it to mean punishment. — AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 9
Romanos 2:12
It is generally agreed that judgment is the usual expression for eternal damnation. — FAITH AND WORKS 23.43
Romanos 2:12
The apostle did not mean to say that those who sin in ignorance will suffer worse punishment than those who know the law. It seems that it is worse to perish than to be judged. Rather the apostle here was merely distinguishing between Jews and Gentiles. — GRACE AND FREE WILL 2.5
Romanos 2:15
Compare this with 1 John [3:20]: "Dearly beloved, if our own hearts condemn us, God is greater than our conscience." — AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 10
Romanos 2:17
If a Jew boasts in God in the manner called for by grace, which is given not according to the merits of works but freely, his praise would be of God and not of men.… But they thought that they had fulfilled this law of God by their own righteousness, even though they were transgressors of it. And so for them it worked wrath as sin multiplied, committed by those who knew what sin was. Those who did what the law commanded without the help of the Spirit of grace did it through fear of punishment and not out of love for righteousness. — THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER 11.7
Romanos 2:25
The apostle did not say this as if he favored forcing either the Gentiles to remain uncircumcised or the Jews not to adhere to the traditions of their fathers. Rather, he urged that neither group should be forced into the practice of the other but that each person should have the right, not the obligation, to adhere to his own custom. — On Lying 5.8
Romanos 2:26
Gentiles become members of the house of Israel when their uncircumcision is counted for circumcision, inasmuch as they do not display the righteousness of the law by the cutting of the flesh but keep it in charity of heart. — THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER 46
Romanos 2:29
This means that the law should be understood according to the Spirit, and not according to what the letter says. This pertains especially to those who have interpreted circumcision more according to the flesh than according to the Spirit. — AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 11