Romans 2

1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

2 And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

3 So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, revelation, and God’s righteous judgment.

6 God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

7 To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be anger and wrath.

9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

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

11 For God does not show favoritism.

12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

14 Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

15 So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

16 on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as proclaimed by my gospel.

17 Behold, you call yourself a Jew. You rely on the law and boast in God.

18 And you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law.

19 And you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.

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

22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

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

24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

26 If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

27 The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

28 A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

29 No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

1 ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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

7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

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

13 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

17 ¶ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

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

29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.

1 Therefore, O man, thou canst not excuse thyself, who thou art that judgest: for in that thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself, because thou doest the very thing which thou judgest.

2 For we know that the judgment of God is right against them that do these things.

3 But thinkest thou, O man, that judgest them which do these things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, patience and forbearance? Do you not know that God's goodness leads you to repentance?

5 But thou, according to thine own hardened and impenitent heart, heapest up wrath unto thyself for the day of wrath, and for the revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

6 Who shall give to every man according to his works,

7 That is, glory and honour, and incorruptible things, to them who with patience in good works seek eternal life,

8 But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey the unrighteous, unkindness and wrath;

9 Tribulation and anguish upon all the souls of men that do evil, especially of the Jews, and also of the Greeks;.

10 But praise, and honour, and peace, unto all them that do good, to the Jews chiefly, and also to the Greeks.

11 For there is no respect of person before God.

12 They that have sinned without the law shall perish without the law: and they that have sinned against the law shall be condemned by the law,

13 For not those who hear the law are righteous in the sight of God, but those who do the law will be righteous.

14 For the Gentiles, which have not the law, and yet by nature do the work of the law; these, because they have not the law, are a law unto themselves.

15 That they may prove that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their consciences bear witness, and their minds also, which accuse or excuse one another,

16 To the day that God shall judge the hidden things of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

17 And, behold, thou art called a Jew, and hast trusted in the law, and hast glorified God.

18 Knowing his will, and being instructed in the law, consider what is best to be done,

19 and miss thee to be a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

20 A reprover of the foolish, a teacher of the simple, having the form of knowing what is right in the law.

21 Now thou teachest others, and teachest not thyself. You preach that one should not steal, and you steal.

22 Thou sayest not to commit adultery, and thou committest adultery. Thou dost abhor idols, and rob God of what is his.

23 Thou boastest of the law, and defileest GOD by transgression of the law.

24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the heathen, as it is written.

25 Circumcision is profitable if thou keep the law: but if thou keep not the law, thy circumcision is become foreskin.

26 If therefore the foreskin keep the law, thinkest thou not that his foreskin be counted for circumcision?

27 And so that which is by nature a foreskin, and fulfilleth the law, shall judge thee, who art under the letter and circumcision, and transgresseth the law.

28 For this is not a Jew by heart, neither is it circumcision by heart in the flesh,

29 But this is a Jew who is inwardly hidden, and circumcision of the heart is a circumcision made in the spirit and not in the letter, which praise is not of men but of GOD.