Romans 2

1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

For which reason, you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are, that judge; for in that in which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge, practice the same things.

2 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

But we know that the judgment of God against those who practice such things, is according to truth.

3 Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

But do you, O man, who judge those that practice such things, and yet do the same, conclude that you will 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, do you despise the riches of his goodness, and his forbearance, and his long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,

But, according to your hard and impenitent heart, you treasure up to yourself wrath for a day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

who will render to every man according to his works;

7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; (aiōnios g166)

to those who, by patient continuance in good works, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life: (aiōnios g166)

8 but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,

but to those who are contentious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, anger and wrath,

9 oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

affliction and distress, upon every soul of man that practices what is evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek:

10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

but glory and honor and peace to every one that practices what is good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:

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 as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned under law, shall be judged by law,

13 For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

in the day when God shall judge the secret works of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

14 (for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,

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

15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

For when the Gentiles, who have not a law, do, by nature, the things of the law, these who have not a law, are a law to themselves,

16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Yeshua the Messiah.

who show that the work which the law requires, is written in their hearts, their conscience bearing testimony, and their reasonings with each other accusing, or making excuse.

17 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,

But if you are named Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast in God.

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

and know his will, and approve what is excellent, being instructed by the law:

19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

if you are also confident that you yourself are a guide for the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.

an instructor of the simple, a teacher of the unlearned, because you have the form of true knowledge in the law;

21 You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who proclaim that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

22 You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who say that a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?

23 You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?

You who make your boast in the law, do you, by transgressing the law, dishonor God?

24 For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

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

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.

Now, circumcision is indeed profitable, if you keep the law: but, if you transgress the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

If, then, he who is uncircumcised keeps the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

27 Won’t those who are physically uncircumcised, but fulfill the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

And shall not he whose want of circumcision is owing to his birth, if he keeps the law, condemn you, who, by the literal circumcision, transgress 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 one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

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

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