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Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you
judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself,
because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
[2] We know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those
who do such things.
[3] Do you suppose, O man, that when you judge those who do such
things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment
of God?
[4] Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance
and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to
lead you to repentance?
[5] But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath
for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment
will be revealed.
[6] For he will render to every man according to his works:
[7] to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and
honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
[8] but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth,
but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.
[9] There will be tribulation and distress for every human being
who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
[10] but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good,
the Jew first and also the Greek.
[11] For God shows no partiality.
[12] All who have sinned without the law will also perish without
the law, and all who have sinned under the law 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 who will be justified.
[14] When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the
law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do
not have the law.
[15] They show that what the law requires is written on their
hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting
thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them
[16] on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the
secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
[17] But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and
boast of your relation to God
[18] and know his will and approve what is excellent, because
you are instructed in the law,
[19] and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a
light to those who are in darkness,
[20] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having
in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth --
[21] you then who teach others, will you not teach yourself? While
you preach against stealing, do you steal?
[22] You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit
adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
[23] You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking
the law?
[24] For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed
among the Gentiles because of you."
[25] Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but
if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
[26] So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the
law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
[27] Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the
law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision
but break the law.
[28] For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true
circumcision something external and physical.
[29] He is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is
a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal. His praise is
not from men but from God.
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