2:6

Paul talked here about what will take place at God’s judgment time in the future.

God “will repay: Here the Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as repay means “to pay back,” or “to give someone what he deserves.” Here are other ways to translate this clause:

He will repay (New Jerusalem Bible)
-or-
God will reward or punish (New Century Version)

each one: This phrase refers to every person. For example:

to each person (New International Version)

according to his deeds: This phrase indicates that God will reward good deeds and punish bad deeds.

deeds: Here this word means “what someone did.”

General Comment on 2:6

Similar words are found in Psalm 62:12 and Proverbs 24:12. If you indicate the location of quotes from the Old Testament with cross-references, you may want to do so here.

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