Romans 2:12-24

New American Standard Bible

¹² For all who have sinned ^[a](A)without the Law will also perish ^[b]without the Law, and all who have sinned ^[c]under the Law will be judged ^[d]by the Law; ¹³ for it is ^(B)not the hearers ^[e]of the Law who are ^[f]righteous before God, but the doers ^[g]of the Law who will be justified. ¹⁴ For when Gentiles who do not have ^[h]the Law ^[i](C)instinctively perform the requirements of the Law, these, though not having ^[j]the Law, are a law to themselves, ¹⁵ in that they show ^(D)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, ¹⁶ on the day when, ^(E)according to my gospel, ^(F)God will judge the secrets of mankind through Christ Jesus.

The Jews under the Law

¹⁷ But if you call yourself a ^[k]Jew and ^(G)rely ^[l]upon the Law and boast in God, ¹⁸ and know His will and ^[m](H)distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law, ¹⁹ and are confident that you yourself are a guide to people who are blind, a light to those in darkness, ²⁰ a ^[n]corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ^[o]the immature, possessing in the Law ^(I)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth— ²¹ you, therefore, ^(J)who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who ^[p]preach that one is not to steal, do you steal? ²² You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you ^(K)rob temples? ²³ You who ^(L)boast ^[q]in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? ²⁴ For “^(M)the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles ^(N)because of you,” just as it is written.