Romans 2

1 Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man — every one who is judging — for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

You are therefore inexcusable, O man, whoever you are, that sits in judgment; for in judging another you are condemning yourself. You, the judge, are habitually practising the very same things.

2 and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

"We know that God’s judgment against those who practise such vices is in accord with the truth," you say?

3 And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Very well; and do you suppose, you who judge those that practise such vices, and are doing the very same, that you will elude the judgment of God?

4 or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? — not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?

5 but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

In your hardness and impenitence of heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath on the Day of Wrath, when the righteous judgment of God is revealed.

6 who shall render to each according to his works;

For He will render to every man according to his works;

7 to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility — life age-during; (aiōnios g166)

eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality; (aiōnios g166)

8 and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness — indignation and wrath,

but anger and wrath upon those who are self-willed and disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness.

9 tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

Anguish and calamity will be upon every soul of man who practises evil, upon the Jew first, and also upon the Gentile;

10 and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

but glory and honor and peace to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

11 For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

For there is no partiality with God.

12 for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

For all who have sinned without law will also perish without law; and all who have sinned under law will be judged by law.

13 for not the hearers of the law [are] righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: —

For it is not the hearers of law who are righteous in the eyes of God; nay, it is the doers of law who will be accounted righteous.

14 For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law — to themselves are a law;

For when Gentiles, who have no law, obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they even though they have no law, are a law to themselves.

15 who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,

For they show that the work of the Law is written in their hearts, while their conscience bears them witness, as their reasonings accuse, or it may be defend, them,

16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

17 Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

18 and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

and know his will, and can test the things that differ; if you are instructed out of the Law,

19 and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

and are confident that you yourself are a darkness,

20 an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, because you have in the Law the form of knowledge and of the truth - well then, you who are teaching others, do you ever teach yourself?

21 Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

You who are preaching that a man should not steal, do you practise theft?

22 thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples?

You who keep saying that a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who hold idols in abhorrence, are you plundering their temples?

23 thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

You who are making your boast in the Law, do you habitually dishonor God through your transgressions of the Law?

24 for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.

For the name of God is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as the Scripture itself says.

25 For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you are obedient to the Law; but if you habitually break the Law, your circumcision is become uncircumcision.

26 If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned?

So if the uncircumcised keeps the ordinance of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned equivalent to circumcision.

27 and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, [art] a transgressor of law.

And shall not those who are physically uncircumcised, but who keep the Law, condemn you who are a breaker of the Law, although you have a written law and circumcision?

28 For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not outward in the flesh;

29 but a Jew [is] he who is [so] inwardly, and circumcision [is] of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.

but the real Jew is one inwardly, and real circumcision is heart- circumcision, spiritual, not literal, praised not by men, but by God.