Romans 2

1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whosoever you are that judge: for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge do the same things.

There is therefore no excuse for thee, O man, that judgest thy neighbor; for by judging thy neighbor, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest, dost practise the same things.

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

And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth, in regard to those who practise these things.

3 And think you this, O man, that judge them which do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

And what thinkest thou, O man, that judgest those who practise these things, while practising them thyself, that thou wilt escape the judgment of God?

4 Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Or wilt thou abuse the riches of his benevolence, and his long suffering, and the opportunity which he giveth thee? And dost thou not know, that the benevolence of God should bring thee to repentance?

5 But after your hardness and refusing to repent heart treasure up unto yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

But, because of the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, thou art treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of God:

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

who will recompense 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: (aiōnios g166)

to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal; (aiōnios g166)

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

but to them who are obstinate and obey not the truth, but obey iniquity, to them he will retribute wrath and ire.

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

And tribulation and anguish will be to every man that doeth evil; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles:

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

but glory and honor and peace to every one that doeth good; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles.

11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

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;

for those without law, who sin, will also perish without law; and those under the law, who sin, will 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.

(for not the hearers of the law, are righteous before God; but the doers of the law are 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:

for if Gentiles who have not the law, shall, by their nature, do the things of the law; they, while without the law, become a law to themselves:

15 Which show 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; )

and they show the work of the law, as it is inscribed on their heart; and their conscience beareth testimony to them, their own reflections rebuking or vindicating one another, )

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

in the day in which God will judge the secret actions of men, as my gospel teacheth, by Jesus the Messiah.

17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,

But if thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God,

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

that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law;

19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in darkness,

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

and an instructor of those lacking knowledge, and a preceptor to the young; and thou hast the appearance of knowledge and of verity in the law:

21 You therefore which teach another, teach you not yourself? you that preach a man should not steal, do you steal?

Thou therefore, who teachest others, teachest thou not thyself? And thou who teachest that men must not steal, dost thou steal?

22 You that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

And thou who sayest, Men must not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? And thou who contemnest idols, dost thou plunder the sanctuary?

23 You that make your boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonour you God?

And thou who gloriest in the law, dost thou, by acting contrary to the law, insult God himself?

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

For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account.

25 For circumcision verily profits, if you keep the law: but if you be a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

For circumcision profiteth, indeed, if thou fulfillest the law: but if thou departest from the law, thy circumcision becometh uncircumcision.

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

And if uncircumcision should keep the precepts of the law, would not that uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision do transgress the law?

And the uncircumcision, which from its nature fulfilleth the law, will judge thee; who, with the scripture, and with circumcision, transgressest against the law.

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

For he is not a Jew, who is so in what is external: nor is that circumcision, which is visible in the flesh.

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

But he is a Jew, who is so in what is hidden: and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not from men, but from God.