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Romans 2
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Romans 2
Worldwide English (New Testament)
2 Do you judge another people? You your-selves have done wrong things. So when you judge others, you judge yourselves, because you do the same things. You judge them and yet you do the same things.
2 We know that God judges people who do such things. And he judges them by what is true.
3 Man, you judge people who do such things and yet you do them yourself. Do you think that God will not judge you?
4 Or do you not respect him for being kind, very patient, and for waiting a long time? Do you not know that God is kind, and he wants to lead you away from doing wrong things?
5 But your hearts are hard. You will not stop. That is why God will be angry with you. He will be angry on the day when people will see that he judges in the right way.
6 He will pay every man for what he has done.
7 He will give life for ever to people who keep on doing good. These people want to have glory and honour from God, and to live for ever.
8 But God will be very angry with the people who think of themselves first before others. They do not obey what is right. They do wrong things.
9 Every one who does what is wrong will have much trouble and a hard time. This will happen to the Jews first, then to those who are not Jews.
10 And every one who does what is good, will be made great. He will have honour and peace. This will happen to the Jews first and then to those who are not Jews.
11 God does not love some people more than others.
12 All those who do not know the law [of God given to Moses] and did what was wrong, will die. But they will not be judged by the law. All those who know the law and did what was wrong will be judged by the law.
13 (God does not say people are good because they have heard the law. But people who obey the law will be called good people.
14 Some people do not have the law. But they do what the law says because their own hearts tell them to. They have a law of their own, even though they do not know the law.
15 They show that the law is written in their hearts. They know what is right to do and what is wrong to do. Their own thoughts tell them they have done what is wrong or what is not wrong.)
16 This will be on the day when God judges the things men have kept secret. Jesus Christ will be the judge. That is part of the good news I tell people.
17 But you call yourselves Jews. You believe the law. You are proud of your God.
18 You know what he wants people to do. You know the thoughts that are good because you have been taught the law.
19 You are sure that you can lead people who are like blind men. You are like a light for people who are in the dark.
20 You are sure that you can tell foolish people what is right. You can teach people who are like children. You know what you need to know and you know what is true because you have the law.
21 You teach another person. Do you not teach yourself? You say people must not steal. Do you steal?
22 You say people must not commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You hate idols. Do you steal things from the houses of idols?
23 You are proud that you have the law. Do you break the law, and in that way show you do not honour God?
24 The holy writings say, `People who are not Jews say wrong things about the name of God. They do it because of what you Jews do.'
25 Circumcision of the body is a good thing if you obey the law. But if you break the law, you are like a man who has not been circumcised with this mark of the Jew.
26 So if a man who has not been circumcised obeys the law, will he not be like a man who has been circumcised?
27 Some people have not been circumcised, but they obey the law. They will show that you should be punished. You have the written law and you have been circumcised, and yet you break the law.
28 If a person is a Jew only on the outside, he is not really a Jew. And true circumcision is not something that is done on the outside of the body.
29 If a person is a Jew inside, he is really a Jew. It is God who praises him, not people. True circumcision is done in the heart. It is in the spirit, not in the body. Such people are not praised; but God praises them.
Romans 2
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Romans 2
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God’s Righteous Judgment
2 You, therefore, have no excuse,(A) you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.(B) 2 Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you show contempt for the riches(C) of his kindness,(D) forbearance(E) and patience,(F) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?(G)
5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(H), when his righteous judgment(I) will be revealed. 6 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](J) 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(K) and immortality,(L) he will give eternal life.(M) 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(N) there will be wrath and anger.(O) 9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(P) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(Q) 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.(R) 11 For God does not show favoritism.(S)
12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law(T) will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(U) the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,(V) they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets(W) through Jesus Christ,(X) as my gospel(Y) declares.
The Jews and the Law
17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;(Z) 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(AA) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(AB) 23 You who boast in the law,(AC) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[b](AD)
25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(AE) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(AF) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(AG) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(AH) 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you(AI) who, even though you have the[c] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(AJ) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(AK) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(AL) by the Spirit,(AM) not by the written code.(AN) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(AO)
Footnotes
- Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12
- Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22
- Romans 2:27 Or who, by means of a
Romarbrevet 2
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Romarbrevet 2
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Guds rättvisa dom över alla
2 Därför är du utan ursäkt, du människa, vem du än är som dömer. När du dömer en annan fördömer du dig själv. Du som dömer handlar ju på samma sätt. 2 Vi vet att Guds dom med rätta drabbar dem som handlar så. 3 Menar du att du skall komma undan Guds dom, du människa, när du dömer dem som handlar så, och själv gör på samma sätt? 4 Eller föraktar du hans stora godhet, mildhet och tålamod och förstår inte att det är hans godhet som för dig till omvändelse? 5 Genom ditt hårda och obotfärdiga hjärta samlar du på dig vrede till vredens dag, när Guds rättfärdiga dom uppenbaras.
6 Han skall ge var och en efter hans gärningar: 7 evigt liv åt dem som uthålligt gör det goda och söker härlighet, ära och odödlighet, 8 men vrede och dom åt dem som söker sitt eget och inte lyder sanningen utan orättfärdigheten. 9 Nöd och ångest skall komma över varje människa som gör det onda, främst över juden och även över greken, 10 men härlighet, ära och frid över var och en som gör det goda, främst över juden och även över greken, 11 ty Gud är inte partisk.
12 Alla som har syndat utan lagen kommer också att bli förtappade utan lagen, och alla som har syndat under lagen kommer att fördömas av lagen. 13 Det är inte lagens hörare som blir rättfärdiga inför Gud, utan lagens görare skall förklaras rättfärdiga. 14 Ty när hedningar som saknar lagen, av naturen gör vad lagen befaller, då är de sin egen lag, fastän de inte har lagen. 15 De visar att det som lagen kräver är skrivet i deras hjärtan. Om det vittnar också deras samveten och, när de är tillsammans, deras tankar, som anklagar eller försvarar dem. 16 Det skall visa sig på den dag då Gud dömer det som är fördolt hos människorna, allt enligt det evangelium som jag predikar på Jesu Kristi uppdrag.
Också juden står under Guds dom
17 Du kallar dig jude och finner vila i lagen och berömmer dig av Gud. 18 Du känner hans vilja och kan avgöra vad som är rätt, du som är undervisad av lagen. 19 Du tror dig vara en vägvisare för blinda, ett ljus för dem som vandrar i mörker, 20 en uppfostrare för oförnuftiga och en lärare för omogna, eftersom du har kunskapen och sanningen förkroppsligad i lagen. 21 Du som undervisar andra, du lär inte dig själv. Du som predikar att man inte skall stjäla, du stjäl. 22 Du som säger att man inte skall begå äktenskapsbrott, du begår äktenskapsbrott. Du som avskyr avgudarna, du plundrar templen. 23 Du som berömmer dig av lagen, du vanärar Gud genom att bryta mot lagen. 24 Ty Skriften säger:För er skull smädas Guds namn bland hedningarna.[a]
25 Omskärelsen är visserligen till nytta, om du håller lagen. Men bryter du mot lagen har du trots din omskärelse blivit oomskuren. 26 Om nu en oomskuren uppfyller lagens krav, skall han då inte räknas som omskuren? 27 En sådan som till kroppen är oomskuren men håller lagen skall döma dig som bryter mot lagen, du som har lagens bokstav och omskärelsen. 28 Den är inte jude som är det till det yttre, och omskärelse är inte något som sker utvärtes på kroppen. 29 Den är jude som är det i sitt inre, och hjärtats omskärelse sker genom Anden och inte genom bokstaven.[b] En sådan får sitt beröm, inte av människor utan av Gud.
Footnotes
- Romarbrevet 2:24 Jes 52:5.
- Romarbrevet 2:29 bokstaven Dvs lagen.
Romans 2
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Romans 2
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2 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. 2 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. 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? 4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, 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, 6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”(A) 7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; 8 but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation, 9 oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality 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. 13 For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified 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, 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) 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
17 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God, 18 know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of 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. 21 You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t 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? 23 You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law? 24 For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” (B) just 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. 26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as 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? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither 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.
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