Paul has been setting up his letter by talking about what has become of the secular world as they have exchanged the truth about God for lies. Mankind is by nature a worshipper, and if he gives up the worship of the True God, then he will worship the next thing that comes around. Man resorts to worshipping the creation rather than the Creator.

When this happens, God "gives up" people over to their sins. Paul gave a huge list of sins that all come from a rejection of God.

Now while he’s pointing his finger at these horrible, pagan Gentiles, the Jew who is reading the letter is nodding his head and saying, "Yes, yes, they are despicable people!"

inexcusable – anapologetos – without defense or excuse; that which cannot be defended, inexcusable

judgest – krino – to separate; to approve; to judge

condemnest – katakrino – to give judgment against, to judge worthy of punishment; to condemn

doest – prasso – to exercise, practise, to be busy with, carry on

When we judge other people of things that we’re guilty of ourselves, we are without a defense. There’s nothing we can say. When we look down at others, we are slamming the gavel down upon ourselves and judging ourselves as "GUILTY!".

we are sure – eido – to see; to know

judgment – krima – a decree, judgments; judgment

which commit – prasso – to exercise, practise, to be busy with, carry on

thinkest – logizomai – to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over; to reckon inward; by reckoning up all the reasons, to gather or infer. This word deals with reality. If I "logizomai" or reckon that my bank book has $25 in it, it has $25 in it. Otherwise I am deceiving myself. This word refers to facts not suppositions.

escape – ekpheugo – to flee out of, flee away; to seek safety in flight; to escape

riches – ploutos – riches, wealth; fulness, abundance, plenitude

goodness – chrestotes – moral goodness, integrity; benignity, kindness

forbearance – anoche – toleration, forbearance. From anechomai – to hold up; to hold one's self erect; to sustain, to bear, to endure.

longsuffering – makrothumia – patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs

despisest – kataphroneo – to contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of

goodness – chrestos – fit, fit for use, useful, virtuous, good

leadeth – ago – to lead, take with one

repentance – metanoia – a change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done

(Rom 2:4 NLT) Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?

hardness – sklerotes – hardness; obstinacy, stubbornness

impenitent – ametanoetos – admitting no change of mind, unrepented, impenitent

treasurest up – thesaurizo – to gather and lay up, to heap up, store up; to accumulate riches

wrath – orge – anger; wrath; anger exhibited in punishment, hence used for punishment itself

revelation – apokalupsis – laying bear; manifestation, appearance

righteous judgment – dikaiokrisia ("righteous" + "judgment") – righteous judgment

When a person’s hard gets harder and harder, and they refuse to change or turn around, it’s like another coin drops into the piggy bank, storing up judgment for them in heaven.

will render – apodidomi – to deliver; to pay off, discharge what is due

This is going to be the principle of God’s judgment, a principle that is the same across the board to every person.

patient continuance – hupomone – steadfastness, constancy, endurance; in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings

well – agathos – of good constitution or nature; useful; good, pleasant, agreeable; upright, honourable

doing – ergon – business; an act, deed, thing done

seek – zeteo – to seek in order to find

immortality – aphtharsia – incorruption, perpetuity; purity, sincerity, incorrupt

"to those who by the patience of good works, are seeking glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life"

contentious – eritheia – electioneering or intriguing for office; a desire to put one's self forward, a partisan and fractious spirit which does not disdain low arts; This word is found before NT times only in Aristotle where it denotes a self-seeking pursuit of political office by unfair means. (A&G)

obey – apeitheo – not to allow one's self to be persuaded; to refuse or withhold belief; not to comply with

unrighteousness – adikia – injustice; unrighteousness of heart and life; a deed violating law and justice, act of unrighteousness

tribulation – thlipsis – a pressing, pressing together; metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation,

anguish – stenochoria – narrowness of place, a narrow place; affliction as arising from cramping circumstances, dire calamity, extreme affliction

doeth – katergazomai – to perform, accomplish, achieve; to work out i.e. to do that from which something results

evil – kakos – of a bad nature; base, wrong, wicked; troublesome, injurious, destructive

Keep in mind, this is talking about a final judgment by God in payment for a life of disobedience to Him.

There are actually people who think they’re going to be able to stand and argue their way past God. They may be able to think that they are somehow able to produce good enough works on their own. Yet they will find …

respect of persons – prosopolepsia (prosopon "the face" + lambano "to receive") – respect of persons; partiality. To make decisions based on a person’s outward appearance.