Verse 4

Romans 2:4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not, that the benignity of God (Elohim) leadeth thee to penance?
Original Language Text
greek
ἢ τοῦ πλούτου τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀνοχῆς καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας καταφρονεῖς, ἀγνοῶν ὅτι τὸ χρηστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς μετάνοιάν σε ἄγει;
English Translation
Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1 Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest ano... Focus ↗
2 For we know that the judgment of God (Elohim) is, according to truth, against them that do such thin... Focus ↗
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them who do such things, and dost the same, that thou sh... Focus ↗
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not, tha...
5 But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the... Focus ↗
6 Who will render to every man according to his works. Focus ↗
7 To them indeed, who according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eter... Focus ↗
8 But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and... Focus ↗
9 Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the... Focus ↗
10 But glory, and honour, and peace to every one that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the G... Focus ↗
11 For there is no respect of persons with God (Elohim). Focus ↗
12 For whosoever have sinned without the law, shall perish without the law; and whosoever have sinned i... Focus ↗
13 For not the hearers of the law are just before God (Elohim), but the doers of the law shall be justi... Focus ↗
14 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these ha... Focus ↗
15 Who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to them, and... Focus ↗
16 In the day when God (Elohim) shall judge the secrets of men by Yashua (Jesus) Christ, according to m... Focus ↗
17 But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God (Elohim), Focus ↗
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law, Focus ↗
19 Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, Focus ↗
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the... Focus ↗
21 Thou therefore that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou that preachest that men should not... Focus ↗
22 Thou that sayest, men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou that abhorrest idols, co... Focus ↗
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest God (Elohim). Focus ↗
24 (For the name of God (Elohim) through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.) Focus ↗
25 Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy c... Focus ↗
26 If, then, the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted f... Focus ↗
27 And shall not that which by nature is uncircumcision, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the l... Focus ↗
28 For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly; nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the f... Focus ↗
29 But he is a Jew, that is one inwardly; and the circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not... Focus ↗