Do you think—anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same—that you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you despise the riches of his kindness,(A) restraint,(B) and patience,(C) not recognizing[a] that God’s kindness(D) is intended to lead you to repentance? Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath(E) for yourself in the day of wrath,(F) when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:4 Or patience, because you do not recognize

So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches(A) of his kindness,(B) forbearance(C) and patience,(D) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?(E)

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(F), when his righteous judgment(G) will be revealed.

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