Romans 2
1 Therefore you have no excuse, O human being, whoever you are, when you judge someone else; for in judging the other person, you condemn yourself, since you who judge do the same things.
2 We know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is according to the truth.
3 And you, human being, who judge those who do such things and do them yourself, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, tolerance, and patience, not knowing that God’s goodness leads you to repentance?
5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and the revelation of God’s righteous judgment.
6 He will repay each person according to their deeds:
7 eternal life to those who patiently persevere in doing good and seek glory, honor, and immortality;
8 but wrath and fury to those who act out of selfish ambition, disobey the truth, and obey injustice.
9 Affliction and distress will come upon every person who does evil, first the Jew and also the Greek;
10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does good, first the Jew and also the Greek.
11 For God shows no favoritism.
12 For all who sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.
13 For it is not those who hear the Law who are righteous before God, but those who practice the Law will be declared righteous.
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the Law, naturally do what the Law requires, they, though they do not have the Law, are a law to themselves.
15 They show that the work of the Law is written on their hearts; their conscience bears witness to this, and their thoughts, in turn, sometimes accuse them and sometimes defend them.
16 This will happen on the day when God judges people’s secrets, according to my gospel, through Christ Jesus.
17 But if you call yourself a Jew, rely on the Law, and boast in God,
18 know his will, and, instructed by the Law, discern what is best,
19 and are convinced that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, because you have in the Law the expression of knowledge and truth:
21 you, then, who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
22 You who say one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
23 You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?
24 For “the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you,” as it is written.
25 Circumcision certainly has value if you practice the Law; but if you break the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26 So if an uncircumcised person keeps the requirements of the Law, will their uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?
27 And the person who is uncircumcised by birth and keeps the Law will judge you, who, with the written code and circumcision, break the Law.
28 For a person is not a Jew merely outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward, in the flesh.
29 Rather, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. That person’s praise comes not from people but from God.
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