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Romans 2
Common English Bible
Romans 2
Common English Bible
Jews are without excuse
2 So every single one of you who judge others is without any excuse. You condemn yourself when you judge another person because the one who is judging is doing the same things. 2 We know that God’s judgment agrees with the truth, and his judgment is against those who do these kinds of things. 3 If you judge those who do these kinds of things while you do the same things yourself, think about this: Do you believe that you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you have contempt for the riches of God’s generosity, tolerance, and patience? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is supposed to lead you to change your heart and life? 5 You are storing up wrath for yourself because of your stubbornness and your heart that refuses to change. God’s just judgment will be revealed on the day of wrath. 6 God will repay everyone based on their works.[a] 7 On the one hand, he will give eternal life to those who look for glory, honor, and immortality based on their patient good work. 8 But on the other hand, there will be wrath and anger for those who obey wickedness instead of the truth because they are acting out of selfishness and disobedience. 9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 10 But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 11 God does not have favorites.
12 Those who have sinned outside the Law will also die outside the Law, and those who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. 13 It isn’t the ones who hear the Law who are righteous in God’s eyes. It is the ones who do what the Law says who will be treated as righteous. 14 Gentiles don’t have the Law. But when they instinctively do what the Law requires they are a Law in themselves, though they don’t have the Law. 15 They show the proof of the Law written on their hearts, and their consciences affirm it. Their conflicting thoughts will accuse them, or even make a defense for them, 16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the hidden truth about human beings through Christ Jesus.
Jews will be judged as well
17 But,
if you call yourself a Jew;
if you rely on the Law;
if you brag about your relationship to God;
18 if you know the will of God;
if you are taught by the Law so that you can figure out the things that really matter;
19 if you have persuaded yourself that you are:
a guide for the blind;
a light to those who are in darkness;
20 an educator of the foolish;
a teacher of infants (since you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the Law);
21 then why don’t you who are teaching others teach yourself?
If you preach, “No stealing,” do you steal?
22 If you say, “No adultery,” do you commit adultery?
If you hate idols, do you rob temples?
23 If you brag about the Law, do you shame God by breaking the Law? 24 As it is written: The name of God is discredited by the Gentiles because of you.[b]
25 Circumcision is an advantage if you do what the Law says. But if you are a person who breaks the Law, your status of being circumcised has changed into not being circumcised. 26 So if the person who isn’t circumcised keeps the Law, won’t his status of not being circumcised be counted as if he were circumcised? 27 The one who isn’t physically circumcised but keeps the Law will judge you. You became a lawbreaker after you had the written Law and circumcision. 28 It isn’t the Jew who maintains outward appearances who will receive praise from God, and it isn’t people who are outwardly circumcised on their bodies. 29 Instead, it is the person who is a Jew inside, who is circumcised in spirit, not literally. That person’s praise doesn’t come from people but from God.
Footnotes
Romarbrevet 2
Svenska Folkbibeln
Romarbrevet 2
Svenska Folkbibeln
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
New International Version
Romans 2
New International Version
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
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