New Testament · Letters

Romans chapter 2

So you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you someone else. Because when you judge another person, you’re yourself—you do the exact same things.Now we know that God’s against people who do these things is based on .So when you—a person who judges others for doing these things but does them yourself—do you really think you’ll escape God’s judgment?Or are you treating his , , and like they don’t matter? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to ?But because you’re and , you’re storing up anger against yourself for the day of anger—the day when God’s will be revealed.God will .To those who keep doing what’s good and pursue , honor, and —he’ll give .But for those who are driven by , who reject the truth and follow what’s wrong—there will be and .There will be and for every person who does what’s wrong—for the first, and also for the .But glory, honor, and for everyone who does what’s good—for the Jewish person first, and also for the non-Jewish person.Because God doesn’t .Everyone who has without having will also be without the law, and everyone who has done wrong while having the law will be judged by the law.Because it’s not those who simply hear the law who are —it’s those who actually do what the law says who will be .When non-Jewish people who don’t have the law do what the law requires, they are a law for themselves, even though they don’t have the law.They show that what the law requires is . Their backs this up, and their own thoughts either accuse them or defend them.This will be clear on the day when God judges everyone’s hidden life through Jesus —according to the I share.Now, you call yourself a Jewish person and rely on the law and about your relationship with God.You know what he wants. You can because you’ve been taught from the law.You’re convinced you’re a , a light for those in the dark,an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of beginners, because you have the law—the of knowledge and truth.So you others—but do you teach yourself? You preach against stealing—but do you steal?You say people shouldn’t —but do you commit adultery? You detest idols—but do you ?You brag about having the law—but do you God by breaking it?As it’s written: “God’s name is among because of you.” has value if you follow the law. But if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.So if an uncircumcised person lives by what the law requires, won’t their uncircumcision be circumcision?And the person who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you—you who have and circumcision but still break the law.A person is not a Jewish person just because of , and real circumcision isn’t something visible in the body.No—a person is a Jewish person on the inside, and real —by , not by the written code. That person’s comes from God, not from people.