“Who will render to every man according to his deeds:”
God 'will repay each person according to what they have done.' The quotation likely from Psalm 62:12 establishes that God's judgment is proportionate to conduct. This principle of retributive justice (apodidōmi kata ta erga) will be crucial for Paul's argument: if we are judged by works, all stand condemned. Yet this verse also introduces the possibility of positive works being rewarded—a theme that will be refined through faith.
Church Fathers on Romans 2:6
“Who will render to every man according to his deeds, to them who by patient continuance in well doing,” etc. Since he had become awestriking and harsh by discoursing of the judgment and of the punishment that shall be, he does not immediately, as one might expect, enter upon the vengeance, but turns his discourse to what was sweeter, to the recompense of good actions, saying as follows,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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