RKJNT - Romans - 2

2:1  Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you pass judgement: for when you pass judgement on another, you condemn yourself; for you who pass judgement do the same things.

2:2  But we are sure that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who do such things.

2:3  And do you think, O man, that when you pass judgement on those who do such things, yet do the same yourself, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

2:4  Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience; not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

2:5  But because of your hard and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath when the righteous judgment of God shall be revealed;

2:6  Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

2:7  To those who by patience in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

2:8  But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.

2:9  There shall be tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who does evil, first for the Jew, and also for the Greek;

2:10  But glory, honour, and peace for every man who does good works, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek:

2:11  For there is no partiality with God.

2:12  For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

2:13  (For it is not the hearers of the law who are justified before God, but it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

2:14  For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves.

2:15  They show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or perhaps defending them.)

2:16  On that day God shall judge the secrets of men through Jesus Christ, as my gospel proclaims.

2:17  Behold, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast of your relationship with God,

2:18  And know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law;

2:19  And are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,

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

2:21  You, therefore, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? you who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

2:22  You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

2:23  You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonour 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  For circumcision is truly of value, if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has becomes uncircumcision.

2:26  Therefore, if the uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

2:27  And shall not the physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the law, judge you, who, though you have the letter of the law and circumcision, are transgressors of the law?

2:28  For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh:

2:29  But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the spirit, and not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.