God’s wrath will surely come, we see that in chapter 2. What now feels like freedom will one day be shown to be wrath as the judgment of sin falls. We often judge but are guilty of the same sin ourselves.

While the next set of verses suggest that those who do good will have eternal life and those who do evil will be judged, one must wait for who defines good and evil! While you may feel you are good enough, remember that you, as a judge, are ill equipped to determine right from wrong. You are wandering and your conscience is seared. Paul then makes the case that Greeks die without the law but know they need something. This condemns them. Jews have the law and their conscience is unsettled for they know they’ve fallen short.

The end of the chapter is a masterful showing that an outward appearance is of little good, circumcision, if the heart is not right. Our conscience condemns us so we need help!! We aren’t good and can’t be good in the sense we need to be. Watch this argument unfold!