Romans 2:16

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“on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.”

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“on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 2:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
  2. Psalms 9:7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
  3. Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
  4. Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  5. Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  6. Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
  7. Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
  8. Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
  9. Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  10. Matthew 25:31When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
  11. Luke 8:17For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
  12. John 5:22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
  13. John 12:48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
  14. Acts 10:42And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
  15. Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
  16. Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  17. Romans 3:6Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
  18. Romans 14:10Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
  19. Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
  20. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  21. 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  22. Galatians 1:11For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
  23. 1 Timothy 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
  24. 2 Timothy 2:8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

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