002:004 Or is it that you think slightingly of His infinite goodness, forbearance and patience, unaware that the goodness of God is gently drawing you to repentance?
002:005 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.
002:006 To each man He will make an award corresponding to his actions;
002:007 to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing,
are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life
of the Ages;
002:008 while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey
the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury,
affliction and awful distress,
002:009 coming upon the soul of every man and woman who deliberately does wrong—upon the Jew first, and then upon the Gentile;
002:010 whereas glory, honour and peace will be given to every one who does what is good and right—to the Jew first and then to the Gentile.
002:011 For God pays no attention to this world's distinctions.
002:012 For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish
apart from the Law, and all who have sinned whilst living
under the Law, will be judged by the Law.
002:013 It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous
in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law
who will be pronounced righteous.