“And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?”
So when you, a mere human, pass judgment on others and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? The rhetorical question exposes the fundamental irrationality of the judger's position: if God judges those who do such things, how can one who does them escape? The appeal to being a mere human suggests that human standards of judgment cannot override divine ones. This establishes a radical principle: moral status before God cannot be claimed through human judgment or self-assessment.
Church Fathers on Romans 2:3
“And do you think this” , “O man, who judges those who do such things, and does the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?” For since he had shown the sin of the world to be great, from its doctrines, from its doings, and that they did yet sin though wise, and though they had the creation to lead them by the hand, and not by leaving God only, but also by choosing the images of creeping things, and by their dishonoring virtue, and deserting, in spite of nature's…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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