Romans 2:7-10 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:… Tribulation means pressure, which, when extreme, as in various modes of torture, causes excruciating pain. Anguish means straitened room — straits — the source of utter despair and ruin when one is pursued by an invincible antagonist. The latter is stronger than the former (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:8) — in every way troubled and hard pressed, but not reduced to absolute straits. Here the one term simply intensifies the other; and the two in union are a representation of the award of woe which hangs over the persistently wicked. They represent the award as it terminates in the persons judged; whereas "indignation and wrath" represent it as it emanates from the Judge. (J. Morison, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:WEB: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; |
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