As we proceed through the Book of Romans, we must remember that when Paul originally wrote this letter, there were not any chapter/verse divisions or punctuation as we have in most of our Bibles today. Therefore we must read the whole letter (epistle) looking at the context noticing the thought-content, and not be distracted by the chapter/verse divisions and the punctuation which were later added, even though they may be helpful to us in locating sections of scripture.
Romans 2:1 and 2:
2:1On-which-account you are without-defense, oh man, every-person judging, for in that-which you judge the different-person you condemn yourself, for you, the (person) judging, practice the same-things. .2But we knew2 that the judgment of God is according to truth on the (people) practicing the-things-of-this-kind.
Here, Paul changes from the plural to the singular individual “you”. Even though he addressed this whole letter in Romans 1:7 “…to all the (people) being in Rome (who are) loved1 of God, called, holy…” – he now teaches by addressing "oh man". All the holy-people (Christians) in Rome were not to take this to heart as though they were all doing what Paul is talking about, but they were to learn from this so-that they could better understand what was going-on around them from God's point of view in Rome and elsewhere. He writes:
But we (myself and the holy-people with me) knew and we still know (perceive, see) that…
God’s judgment is according to God’s truth.
[Reference: Matthew 7:1-5; John 3:33-36, 17:3; Romans 1:20; I Thessalonians 1:9. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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