< Romans 2 >
1 Therefore you are without excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice 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 Now we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who practice 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 do you think this, you who judge those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will 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 do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, 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 according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in 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 pay back to everyone according to their works:"
who will recompense to every man, according to his deeds;
7 to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality -- everlasting life. (aiōnios )
to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal; (aiōnios )
8 But to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness -- wrath and anger,
but to them who are obstinate and obey not the truth, but obey iniquity, to them he will retribute wrath and ire.
9 affliction and distress, on every human being who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
And tribulation and anguish will be to every man that doeth evil; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles:
10 But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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 partiality with God.
For there is no respect of persons with God:
12 For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will 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 it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will 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 non-Jews who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to 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 since they show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them,
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 will judge the secrets of people, according to my Good News, by Christ Jesus.
in the day in which God will judge the secret actions of men, as my gospel teacheth, by Jesus the Messiah.
17 But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in 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 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 to those who 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 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.
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 who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, 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 who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
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 who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God?
And thou who gloriest in the law, dost thou, by acting contrary to the law, insult God himself?
24 For because of you the name of God is blasphemed among the nations, just as it is written.
For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account.
25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
For circumcision profiteth, indeed, if thou fulfillest the law: but if thou departest from the law, thy circumcision becometh uncircumcision.
26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, won't his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
And if uncircumcision should keep the precepts of the law, would not that uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of 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 who 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 who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from people, but from 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.