Divine Judgment and the Deceit of the Belly

Judgment will come against the gifted. Because 'the judgment of God is present' (Rom 2:5), those who pervert the judgments of God fall under punishments.the belly, pains shall be taken. He means this: the man becomes a father of ill-born ones, being the cause of punishments.

However, the divine rewards are not produced by man, but God grants them; 'for the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be revealed to us with the coming glory' (Rom 8:18).:18).:18). We don't mean to say that the diligent one is not the cause of good things, but that the graces of God and the gifts are provided through incomparable excellence from him;every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jas 1:17).

Because for the wicked, the manner of punishment follows, they themselves bringing it upon themselves, but to the diligent, God directs the graces, it has been said: 'those I will glorify, but those dishonoring me shall be dishonored' (Heb 2:6). Because the dishonoring of God brings upon them dishonor. Paul also writes: 'To those who seek glory and honor through t good work, God gives eternal life' (Rom 2:7), but 'to those from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, wrath and anger' (Rom 1:18) follow.

It will depart from him empty, and his belly will be filled with deceit. All his efforts, as it is foretold, are filled with futility, iving pains in the belly. conceived toil and brought forth injustice' (Job 15:16), making it clear that his belly carries deceit. And deceit here he says is all manner of wickedness.

For deceit is indeed a kind of wickedness, and nothing less, and all wickedness is called by the name according to what has been said: 'O full of all deceit and all trickery' (Matt 23:28) and 'therefore laying aside all deceit and hypocrisy' (1 Pet 2:22). However, the belly refers to [the seat of the soul/desire], and it sympathizes with the evil or with the good.understood, Job says: I have heard such things.