“But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”
But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's righteous judgment. The concept of storing up wrath (thēsaurizō orgēn) suggests that each act of sin and rejection adds to the account of judgment. The unrepentant heart (sklērotes kardias) hardens through repeated refusal of God's gracious call. This deferred judgment does not diminish its reality; the day of wrath (hēmera orgēs) is certain and will bring righteous retribution.
Church Fathers on Romans 2:5
“But after your hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto yourself wrath.” For when a man is neither to be softened by goodness nor to be turned back by fear, what can be harder than such an one? For after that he had showed the goodness of God towards men, he then shows His vengeance that it is unbearable for him who does not even so return to repentance. And observe with what propriety he uses the words! “You treasure up unto yourself wrath,” he says, so making it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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