<p>2:7&nbsp;<i>T</i><i>o them that by patience in welldoing</i>- s.w. &ldquo;deeds&rdquo; in 2:6. Yet how can the right deeds be rewarded with eternal life, given Paul&rsquo;s teaching about salvation by grace rather than works? Surely the answer is in the fact that salvation itself is by grace, the &ldquo;penny a day&rdquo; of the parable which all believers will receive; but our works aren&rsquo;t insignificant, and they will be judged and will affect the nature of the eternal life, the salvation, which by grace we shall be given. Or it could be that the &ldquo;well doing&rdquo;, the &lsquo;good deeds&rsquo;, spoken of here are in fact a non-judgmental, merciful life. The good deeds are what we avoided doing, i.e. condemning others, which is the theme of this section of Romans.&nbsp;</p><p><i>Seek for glory and honour and incorruption</i>- Or &ldquo;immortality&rdquo;. To those who earnestly seek for perfection, who would so love to be given moral perfection, who would so love never to sin again- they will be given eternal life in that state. Note the difference between the &ldquo;immortality&rdquo; which we seek, and the &ldquo;eternal life&rdquo; which we are given in response. The Greek for &ldquo;immortality&rdquo; is also translated &ldquo;incorruption&rdquo;, &ldquo;sincerity&rdquo;- it has a distinct moral sense to it. If we seek to live in moral incorruption, if our desire to be in the Kingdom of God is because we so yearn to live without sin and corruption- then we will not only be given that but also an eternity of life like that. But the essence is to seek to live in moral incorruption- and then the eternity will come as a natural part of that.</p><p>&ldquo;Glory and honour&rdquo; are terms frequently applied by Paul to the Lord Jesus. The righteous seek&nbsp;<i>His</i>&nbsp;glory and honour, and shall be given eternal life in which to do so. Or should we seek glory, honour- for others? For love doesn&rsquo;t seek her own things (1 Cor. 13:5 s.w.). Paul could write of how he &lsquo;sought&rsquo; others&rsquo; salvation (2 Cor. 12:14). Paul tells the Hebrews if he indeed was the author and Romans to have the patient, fruit-bearing characteristics of the good ground (Lk. 8:15 = Rom. 2:7; Heb. 10:36).</p>