1 Enoch

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Chapter 50

1 And in those days a change shall take place for the holy and elect, and the light of days shall remain upon them, and glory and honor shall turn to the holy, 2 On the day of affliction when evil shall have been stored up against the sinners.⁠ And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits: And He will cause the others to witness this so that they may repent and abandon the works of their hands. 3 They shall have no honor through the name of the Lord of Spirits, yet through His name they shall be saved, and the Lord of Spirits will have compassion on them, for His compassion is great.⁠ 4 And He is righteous also in His judgment, and in the presence of His glory unrighteousness also shall not sustain itself: At His judgment the unrepentant shall perish before Him. 5 And from now on I will have no mercy on them, says the Lord of Spirits.

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Compare 1 Enoch 50:2 and Romans 2:5

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses · New Testament

Summary

In Romans, Paul speaks of wrath stored up for the day of judgment against those who persist in sin, alluding to Jewish traditions such as 1 Enoch, which similarly describes a day when evil is completely stored up against sinners.

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1 Enoch 50:2

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

1 And in those days a change shall take place for the holy and elect, and the light of days shall remain upon them, and glory and honor shall turn to the holy, 2 On the day of affliction when evil shall have been stored up against the sinners. And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits: And He will cause the others to witness this so that they may repent and abandon the works of their hands. 3 They shall have no honor through the name of the Lord of Spirits, yet through His name they shall be saved, and the Lord of Spirits will have compassion on them, for His compassion is great.

300 BCE – 100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Enoch

Romans 2:5

New Testament

3 And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed! 6 He will reward each one according to his works: 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

55–58 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in Romans

References

"... This discussion leaves us with two primary options. First, when Jesus as the deliverer returns, Israel as a whole, on learning of his identity, will believe in him as their king truly appointed by God. (For a short window of end-time opportunity for repentance, see e.g., 1 Enoch 50:2–5. Justin Martyr Dialogue with Trypho 28 rejects this option for Israel) The language could certainly be so construed: Paul’s citation sounds like Jesus’s return would precipitate their forgiveness. Although the Hebrew version of Isaiah 59:20–21, which Paul here adapts, speaks of the redeemer coming to Zion after Israel turns from transgression, Paul’s wording (probably based on blending the Greek version of the passage with Psalm 14:7) seems to suggest the opposite ..."

Craig S. Keener, Romans: A New Covenant Commentary (Cambridge: Lutterworth, 2009), 112.

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Compare 1 Enoch 50:2 and Romans 2:5

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Passages

1 Enoch 50:2

Romans 2:5

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