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Romarbrevet 2
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Romarbrevet 2
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Guds dom över synden
2 Därför har du ingen ursäkt för att döma andra, vem du än är. Om du dömer en annan för det han gör, dömer du ju samtidigt dig själv, eftersom du handlar på samma sätt som han. 2 Vi vet att Gud är rättvis när han dömer de människor som lever på det här viset. 3 Men du som dömer dina medmänniskor, du tror väl inte att Gud bara ska ha överseende med dig, trots att du handlar precis likadant? 4 Föraktar du Guds stora godhet, tolerans och tålamod? Inser du inte att han genom sin godhet vill få dig att vända om?
5 Med din envishet och ditt obotfärdiga hjärta drar du över dig vrede till vredens dag, då det ska visa sig att Gud dömer rättvist. 6 Då ska var och en få lön efter sina gärningar. 7 Gud ska ge evigt liv åt dem som utan att tröttna fortsätter att göra det goda och söker härlighet, ära och odödlighet. 8 Men han ska i sin vrede straffa dem som bara tänker på sig själva, vänder sig bort från sanningen och gör det som är orätt. 9 Nöd och ångest ska drabba varje människa som gör det onda, först juden, sedan greken. 10 Men härlighet, ära och frid ges till var och en som gör det goda, först juden, sedan greken. 11 Gud behandlar alla lika.
12 Alla som syndar utan lag ska också förgås utan lag, och alla som syndar under lagen ska dömas genom lagen. 13 Det är nämligen inte de som hör lagen som blir rättfärdiga inför Gud, utan de som följer den. 14 När andra folk, som inte har lagen, ändå av naturen lyder det som står i den, är de en lag för sig själva, trots att de inte har lagen. 15 De visar genom sina handlingar att lagen är skriven i deras hjärtan. Deras samveten talar ju genast om för dem om de handlar rätt eller fel. 16 Att det är så kommer att visa sig den dag då Gud ska döma det dolda hos människorna, enligt det evangelium jag har fått från Jesus Kristus.
Judarna och Moses lag
17 Du som kallar dig jude litar på lagen och är stolt över din Gud, 18 känner hans vilja och kan bedöma det väsentliga, eftersom lagen ger dig vägledning. 19 Du anser dig kunna leda de blinda och vara ett ljus för dem som lever i mörker, 20 vägleda de oförståndiga och undervisa de omogna, för du har både kunskap och sanning i lagens gestalt. 21 Du undervisar andra men inte dig själv. Du säger till andra att de inte ska stjäla, men är själv en tjuv. 22 Du säger att det är fel att vara otrogen i äktenskapet, men är själv otrogen. Du avskyr avgudar, men plundrar avgudatempel.
23 Du är stolt över lagen men drar skam över Gud genom att bryta den. 24 Det står ju skrivet: ”Andra folk hånar Guds namn på grund av er.”[a]
25 Omskärelsen[b] gör bara nytta om du lyder lagen. Men om du inte gör det, då är du som en oomskuren. 26 Om någon oomskuren lyder lagens bud, ska han inte betraktas som omskuren? 27 Han som fysiskt inte är omskuren men ändå följer lagen kommer att döma dig, som har både skriften och omskärelsen men bryter mot lagen.
28 Jude är man nämligen inte bara till det yttre, och inte heller är omskärelsen bara det yttre och fysiska. 29 Nej, jude är man i sitt inre, och den verkliga omskärelsen är det som sker i det inre, i hjärtat, genom Anden, inte bokstavligt. Den människan blir ärad av Gud, inte av människor.
Footnotes
- 2:24 Se Jes 52:5.
- 2:25 Omskärelse, dvs. att skära bort förhuden på männen, var ett sätt att ingå förbund som praktiserades av många folk. Men judarna ingick förbund med Gud själv. Jfr 1 Mos 17:9-14.
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
Romani 2
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Romani 2
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2 Perciò, o uomo, chiunque tu sia che, giudichi, sei inescusabile perché in quel che giudichi l'altro, condanni te stesso, poiché tu che giudichi fai le medesime cose.
2 Or noi sappiamo che il giudizio di Dio è secondo verità su coloro che fanno tali cose.
3 E pensi forse, o uomo che giudichi coloro che fanno tali cose e tu pure le fai, di scampare al giudizio di Dio?
4 Ovvero disprezzi le ricchezze della sua benignità, della sua pazienza e longanimità, non conoscendo che la bontà di Dio ti spinge al ravvedimento?
5 Ma tu, per la tua durezza ed il cuore impenitente, ti accumuli un tesoro d'ira, per il giorno dell'ira e della manifestazione del giusto giudizio di Dio,
6 che renderà a ciascuno secondo le sue opere:
7 la vita eterna a coloro che cercano gloria, onore e immortalità, perseverando nelle opere di bene
8 a coloro invece che contendono e non ubbidiscono alla verità, ma ubbidiscono all'ingiustizia, spetta indignazione ed ira.
9 Tribolazione e angoscia spetta ad ogni anima d'uomo che fa il male del Giudeo prima e poi del Greco;
10 ma gloria, onore e pace a chiunque fa il bene, al Giudeo prima e poi al Greco.
11 Perché presso Dio non v'è parzialità.
12 Infatti tutti quelli che hanno peccato senza la legge, periranno pure senza la legge; e tutti quelli che hanno peccato sotto la legge, saranno giudicati secondo la legge,
13 perché non coloro che odono la legge sono giusti presso Dio, ma coloro che mettono in pratica la legge saranno giustificati.
14 Infatti quando i gentili, che non hanno la legge, fanno per natura le cose della legge, essi, non avendo legge, sono legge a se stessi;
15 questi dimostrano che l'opera della legge è scritta nei loro cuori per la testimonianza che rende la loro coscienza, e perché i loro pensieri si scusano o anche si accusano a vicenda,
16 nel giorno in cui Dio giudicherà i segreti degli uomini per mezzo di Gesú Cristo, secondo il mio evangelo.
17 Ecco, tu ti chiami Giudeo, ti fondi sulla legge e ti glori in Dio,
18 conosci la sua volontà e distingui le cose importanti, essendo ammaestrato dalla legge,
19 e sei convinto di essere guida di ciechi, luce di quelli che sono nelle tenebre,
20 istruttore degli insensati, insegnante dei bambini, avendo la forma della conoscenza e della verità nella legge.
21 Tu dunque che insegni agli altri, non insegni a te stesso? Tu che predichi che non si deve rubare, rubi?
22 Tu che dici che non si deve commettere adulterio, commetti adulterio? Tu che hai in abominio gli idoli, ne derubi i templi?
23 Tu che ti glori nella legge, disonori Dio trasgredendo la legge?
24 Infatti: «Per causa vostra, come sta scritto, il nome di Dio è bestemmiato fra i gentili».
25 Perché la circoncisione, è vantaggiosa se tu osservi la legge, ma se sei trasgressore della legge, la tua circoncisione diventa incirconcisione.
26 Perciò se un incirconciso osserva gli statuti della legge, non sarà la sua incirconcisione reputata circoncisione?
27 E se colui che per natura è incirconciso adempie la legge, non giudicherà egli te che con la lettera e la circoncisione sei trasgressore della legge?
28 Infatti il Giudeo non è colui che appare tale all'esterno, e la circoncisione non è quella visibile nella carne;
29 ma Giudeo è colui che lo è interiormente, e la circoncisione è quella del cuore, nello spirito, e non nella lettera; e d'un tal Giudeo la lode non proviene dagli uomini, ma da Dio.
Romans 2
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Romans 2
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Let God Be the Judge
2 So do you think that you can judge those other people? You are wrong. You too are guilty of sin. You judge them, but you do the same things they do. So when you judge them, you are really condemning yourself. 2 God judges all who do such things, and we know his judgment is right. 3 And since you do the same things as those people you judge, surely you understand that God will punish you too. How could you think you would be able to escape his judgment? 4 God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of his kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives.
5 But you are so stubborn! You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will be punished on the day when God will show his anger. On that day everyone will see how right God is to judge people. 6 He will reward or punish everyone for what they have done. 7 Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. They live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give eternal life to them. 8 But others are selfish and refuse to follow truth. They follow evil. God will show his anger and punish them. 9 He will give trouble and suffering to everyone who does evil—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews. 10 But he will give glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does good—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews. 11 God judges everyone the same. It doesn’t matter who they are.
12 People who have the law and those who have never heard of the law are all the same when they sin. People who don’t have the law and are sinners will be lost. And, in the same way, those who have the law and are sinners will be judged by the law. 13 Hearing the law does not make people right with God. They will be right before him only if they always do what the law says.
14 Those who are not Jews don’t have the law. But when they naturally do what the law commands without even knowing the law, then they are their own law. This is true even though they don’t have the written law. 15 They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, the same as the law commands, and their consciences agree. Sometimes their thoughts tell them that they have done wrong, and this makes them guilty. And sometimes their thoughts tell them that they have done right, and this makes them not guilty.
16 All this will happen on the day when God will judge people’s secret thoughts through Jesus Christ. This is part of the Good News that I tell everyone.
The Jews and the Law
17 What about you? You say you are a Jew. You trust in the law and proudly claim to be close to God. 18 You know what God wants you to do. And you know what is important, because you have learned the law. 19 You think you are a guide for people who don’t know the right way, a light for those who are in the dark. 20 You think you can show foolish people what is right. And you think you are a teacher for those who are just beginning to learn. You have the law, and so you think you know everything and have all truth. 21 You teach others, so why don’t you teach yourself? You tell them not to steal, but you yourself steal. 22 You say they must not commit adultery, but you yourself are guilty of that sin. You hate idols, but you steal them from their temples. 23 You are so proud that you have God’s law, but you bring shame to God by breaking his law. 24 As the Scriptures say, “People in other nations insult God because of you.”[a]
25 If you follow the law, then your circumcision has meaning. But if you break the law, then it is as if you were never circumcised. 26 Those who are not Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, it is as if they were circumcised. 27 You have the written law and circumcision, but you break the law. So those who are not circumcised in their bodies, but still obey the law, will show that you are guilty.
28 You are not a true Jew if you are only a Jew in your physical body. True circumcision is not only on the outside of the body. 29 A true Jew is one who is a Jew inside. True circumcision is done in the heart. It is done by the Spirit, not by the written law. And anyone who is circumcised in the heart by the Spirit gets praise from God, not from people.
Footnotes
- Romans 2:24
Quote from Isa. 52:5. See also Ezek. 36:20-23.
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