11 translations · Greek
Romans 2:7
to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
Romans 2:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- KJV King James Version
- To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- ASV American Standard Version
- to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, seek glory, and honor, and incorruptibility—continuous life;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Those who have kept on trying to do what is good and right will receive glory and honor, immortality and eternal life.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility — life age-during;
- DBY Darby Translation
- to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- To them indeed, who according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τοῖς | tois | To those who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μὲν | men | — | G3303 μέν on the other hand |
| καθ’ | kath’ | by | G2596 κατά according to |
| ὑπομονὴν | hypomonēn | perseverance | G5281 ὑπομονή perseverance |
| ἔργου | ergou | in doing | G2041 ἔργον work |
| ἀγαθοῦ | agathou | good | G18 ἀγαθός good |
| δόξαν | doxan | glory | G1391 δόξα glory |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| τιμὴν | timēn | honor | G5092 τιμή honor |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀφθαρσίαν | aphtharsian | immortality | G861 ἀφθαρσία incorruptibility |
| ζητοῦσιν | zētousin | seek | G2212 ζητέω to seek |
| ζωὴν | zōēn | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰώνιον | aiōnion | [He will give] eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
Related verses
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
- Luke 8:15
Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- 2 Timothy 1:10
but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.
- 1 Peter 1:7–8
that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ— whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—
- Revelation 2:10–11
Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Hebrews 10:35–36
Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16–18
Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
- James 5:7–8
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Read all of Romans 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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