Common - Romans - 2

2:1  Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge another; for in whatever point you pass judgment on him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

2:2  We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

2:3  Do you think, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do the same yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?

2:4  Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

2:5  But by your hardness and your impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

2:6  For he "will render to each one according to his works":

2:7  to those who by patience in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

2:8  but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

2:9  There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

2:10  but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

2:11  For God shows no partiality.

2:12  All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

2:13  For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

2:14  When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

2:15  They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing them

2:16  on that day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

2:17  But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God

2:18  and know his will and approve of what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,

2:19  and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

2:20  an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

2:21  you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

2:22  You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

2:23  You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

2:24  For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

2:25  Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

2:26  So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

2:27  The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

2:28  For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and in the flesh.

2:29  He is a Jew who is one inwardly; and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, and not by the written code. His praise is not from men but from God.