Romans 2

¹You, 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.

²And 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?

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

⁵But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for [the] day of wrath, [when] God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹For God does not show favoritism.

¹²All 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.

¹³For [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.

¹⁴Indeed, 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]

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

¹⁷Now you, if you call [yourself] a Jew; [if you] rely on [the] law and boast in God;

¹⁸[if you] know [His] will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

¹⁹[if you] are convinced [that] you are a guide for [the] blind, a light for those in darkness,

²⁰an 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?

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

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

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

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

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

²⁷The [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.

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

²⁹No, 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.