Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
הערת לימוד
Study Note
Paul's rhetorical question — 'Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?' — addresses the complacent moralist who judges others while exempting himself from the same standards. The three attributes listed — kindness (chrēstotēs), forbearance (anochē), patience (makrothymia) — describe God's merciful withholding of immediate judgment, which is a gift intended to create space for repentance, not a signal that judgment will never come. The verse is theologically important for its positive evaluation of divine patience as purposive rather than permissive: God is not indifferent to sin but is providing opportunity. 2 Peter 3:9 develops the same theme: God's delay is not slowness but patience, 'not wishing that any should perish.'
תרגומים נוספים
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!
Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
הפניות צולבות
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant …
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting …
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited …
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his …
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy …
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?