Romans 2 (The Message)
Romans 2
God Is Kind, but Not Soft
1-2 Those people are on a dark spiral downward. But if you think that leaves you on the high ground where you can point your finger at others, think again. Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors. But God isn't so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you've done.3-4You didn't think, did you, that just by pointing your finger at others you would distract God from seeing all your misdoings and from coming down on you hard? Or did you think that because he's such a nice God, he'd let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but he's not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change.
5-8You're not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it's going to blaze hot and high, God's fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what's coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God's side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!
9-11If you go against the grain, you get splinters, regardless of which neighborhood you're from, what your parents taught you, what schools you attended. But if you embrace the way God does things, there are wonderful payoffs, again without regard to where you are from or how you were brought up. Being a Jew won't give you an automatic stamp of approval. God pays no attention to what others say (or what you think) about you. He makes up his own mind.
12-13If you sin without knowing what you're doing, God takes that into account. But if you sin knowing full well what you're doing, that's a different story entirely. Merely hearing God's law is a waste of your time if you don't do what he commands. Doing, not hearing, is what makes the difference with God.
14-16When outsiders who have never heard of God's law follow it more or less by instinct, they confirm its truth by their obedience. They show that God's law is not something alien, imposed on us from without, but woven into the very fabric of our creation. There is something deep within them that echoes God's yes and no, right and wrong. Their response to God's yes and no will become public knowledge on the day God makes his final decision about every man and woman. The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences.
Religion Can't Save You
17-24If you're brought up Jewish, don't assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you're an insider to God's revelation, a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines! I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God's revealed Word inside and out, feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God. While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I'm quite serious. While preaching "Don't steal!" are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you? The same with adultery. The same with idolatry. You can get by with almost anything if you front it with eloquent talk about God and his law. The line from Scripture, "It's because of you Jews that the outsiders are down on God," shows it's an old problem that isn't going to go away.25-29Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God's law. But if you don't, it's worse than not being circumcised. The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God's ways are as good as the circumcised—in fact, better. Better to keep God's law uncircumcised than break it circumcised. Don't you see: It's not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are. It's the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics.
it takes one to know one you are the same kind of person as the person you are criticizing
misdemeanor [mìsdimíːnər]
di·vert [divə́ːrt, dai-] …을 …으로 전환하다, 딴 데로 돌리다 (from; to, into); 유용[전용]하다; 영 (교통을) 우회시키다. 다른 대상을 향하게 하다, (주의를) 딴 곳으로 돌리다 (from, to); [군사] 견제하다
come down on sb to punish sb or criticize sb severely
let a person off the hook …을 곤경에서 모면케 하다, 자유롭게 해주다
think through (해결·결론에 이를 때까지) 충분히 생각하다, 생각 끝에 해결하다
think through to consider a problem or a possible course of action fully 영영사전
get by with …으로 어떻게든 해나가다.
add fuel to the fire 불에 기름을 붓다, 더욱 화를 돋우다
add fuel to the fire do or say sth which makes a difficult situation worse, or makes sb even more angry, etc 영영사전
불난 데 부채질 속담 add fuel to the fire
He got what was coming to him. (출처: BBI Word Combi)
그는 자신에게 예정되어 있던 것을 갖게 되었다.
get one’s own way 바라던 것을 얻다, 마음대로 하다
the line of least resistance 최소 저항선, 가장 편한 방법
choose follow take etc. the line of least resistance 최소 저항선, 가장 쉬운[편한] 방법
choose follow take etc. the line of least resistance (to choose, etc.) the easiest way of doing sth 영영사전
go against the grain to be sth different from what is normal or natural for you and so sth you do not like doing 영영사전
be against the grain to be or do sth different from what is normal or natural 영영사전
뜻이 맞지 않다 undesirable; be distasteful to ; be disagreeable[offensive]; go against the grain; be unable to...
go against the grain :if something th at you say or do goes against the grain, you do not like saying or doing it and it is not what you would usually say or do It goes against the grain for William to admit that he's wrong. I don't think she likes to praise men. It goes against the grain.
get a splinter (손가 락이) 가시에 찔리다.
extract a splinter 가시를 빼다.
손가락에 가시가 박히다 get a splinter in one´s finger
help from without 외부로부터의 원조
smug [smʌg] looking or feeling too pleased about sth you have done or achieved
으스대다
connoisseur [kɑ̀nəsə́ːr] 감정가, 감식가, 권위자, …통
connoisseur [|kɑ:nə|sɜ:r] an expert on matters involving the judgement of beauty, quality or skill in art, food or music
inside and out 안이나 밖이나, 완전히
know smt. inside out …을 구석구석 알고 있다
blind alley 1 막다른 골목, 침체 상태, 막다른 형세 2 가망 없는 국면
blind alley a way of doing sth that seems useful at first, but does not produce useful results, like following a path that suddenly stops
rob smb. blind …을 속여먹다, (안심시켜 놓고) …에게서 몰래 빼앗아 가다.
rob sb blind to cheat or trick sb so that they lose a lot of money 영영사전
rob a person blind …에게서 큰 돈을 사취하다
은혜의 말씀 v. 29 It's not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are. It's the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics.
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