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Romans 2:7

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

KJV

τοῖς μὲν καθ’ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον·

Greek NT

iis quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis, gloriam, et honorem, et incorruptionem quærunt, vitam æternam :

Vulgate

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

ASV

To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰώνιος
aionios
adjective · 70×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
τιμή
time
noun · 41×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἀφθαρσία
aphtharsia
noun · 8×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπομονή
upomone
noun · 32×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§55This revelation was not broken off by our first parents' sin. "After the fall, (God) buoyed them up with the hope of salvation, by promising redemption; and he has never ceased to show his solicitude for the human race. For he wishes to give eternal life to all those who seek salvation by patience in well-doing."7 Even when he disobeyed you and lost your friendship you did not …
1. All things good then have their reward, when they arrive at their proper end, but if they be cut off midway, shipwreck ensues. And as a vessel of immense burden, if it reach not the harbor in time, but founder in the midst of the sea, gains nothing from the length of the voyage, but even makes the calamity greater, in proportion as it has endured more toils; so are those sou…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210205.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha
  • 1Cor 15:53 — For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
  • 1Cor 15:53 — For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
  • 1Cor 15:54 — So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
  • 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 1John 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • 1John 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • 1Pet 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
  • 1Pet 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
  • 1Pet 4:13 — But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
  • 1Pet 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
  • 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
  • 1Tim 1:17 — Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • 1Tim 4:16 — Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
  • 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
  • 2Cor 4:17 — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  • 2Pet 1:6 — And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
  • 2Sam 22:25 — Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 2Thess 3:13 — But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
  • 2Tim 1:10 — But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
  • 2Tim 1:10 — But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
  • 2Tim 2:10 — Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • 2Tim 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
  • Amos 5:14 — Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
  • Col 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
  • Col 1:27 — To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • Deut 5:33 — Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
  • Deut 11:27 — A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
  • Deut 28:1 — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set
  • Eccl 7:8 — Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
  • Ezek 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si
  • Ezek 18:5 — But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Heb 6:15 — And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
  • Heb 10:35 — Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.