Romans 2

Legacy Standard Bible

God’s Righteous Judgment

2 Therefore you are ^(A)without excuse, ^(B)O man, everyone who passes judgment, for in that which ^(C)you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. ² And we know that the judgment of God ^[a]rightly falls upon those who practice such things. ³ But do you presume this, ^(D)O man—who passes judgment on those who practice such things and does the same—that you will escape the judgment of God? ⁴ Or do you think lightly of ^(E)the riches of His ^(F)kindness and ^(G)forbearance and ^(H)patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? ⁵ But ^[b]because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart ^(I)you are storing up wrath for yourself ^(J)in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, ^6 (K)who will repay to each according to his works: ⁷ to those who by ^(L)perseverance in doing good seek for ^(M)glory and honor and ^(N)immortality, ^(O)eternal life; ⁸ but to those who are ^(P)selfishly ambitious and ^(Q)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger. ⁹ There will be ^(R)affliction and turmoil ^[c]for every soul of man who works out evil, of the Jew ^(S)first and also of the Greek, ¹⁰ but ^(T)glory and honor and peace to everyone who works good, to the Jew ^(U)first and also to the Greek. ¹¹ For ^(V)there is no partiality with God.

¹² For all who have sinned ^[d](W)without the Law will also perish ^[e]without the Law, and all who have sinned ^[f]under the Law will be judged ^[g]by the Law. ¹³ For it is ^(X)not the hearers ^[h]of the Law who are ^[i]just before God, but the doers ^[j]of the Law will be justified. ¹⁴ For when Gentiles who do not have ^[k]the Law ^(Y)naturally do the things of the Law, these, not having ^[l]the Law, are a law to themselves, ¹⁵ in that they demonstrate ^(Z)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, ¹⁶ on the day when, ^(AA)according to my gospel, ^(AB)God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

The Jew Is Judged by the Law

¹⁷ But if you bear the name “Jew” and ^(AC)rely ^[m]upon the Law and boast in God, ¹⁸ and know His will and ^[n](AD)approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, ¹⁹ and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰ a ^[o]corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ^[p]the immature, having in the Law ^(AE)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, ²¹ you, therefore, ^(AF)who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who ^[q]preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? ²² You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(AG)rob temples? ²³ You who ^(AH)boast ^[r]in the Law, through your transgression of the Law, do you dishonor God? ²⁴ For “^(AI)the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles ^(AJ)because of you,” just as it is written.

²⁵ For indeed circumcision is of value if you ^(AK)practice ^[s]the Law, but if you are a transgressor ^[t]of the Law, ^(AL)your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ^26 (AM)So if ^(AN)the ^[u]uncircumcised man ^(AO)observes the righteous requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? ²⁷ And ^(AP)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he ^[v]fulfills the Law, will he not ^(AQ)judge you who, through the letter of the Law and circumcision, are a transgressor ^[w]of the Law? ²⁸ For ^(AR)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. ²⁹ But ^(AS)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and ^(AT)circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the ^(AU)Spirit, not by the letter; ^(AV)and his praise is not from men, but from God.