Romans 2 — GMV

2 Verse 1 Therefore yoʋ are without excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For on whatever grounds yoʋ judge another, yoʋ condemn yoʋrself, for yoʋ who judge do the same things. ^{Verse 2} Now we know that the judgment of God against those who do such things is in accordance with truth. ^{Verse 3} Do yoʋ suppose, O man—yoʋ who judge those who do such things and yet do them yoʋrself—that yoʋ will escape the judgment of God? ^{Verse 4} Or do yoʋ despise the riches of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads yoʋ to repentance? ^{Verse 5} But according to yoʋr stubbornness and yoʋr unrepentant heart, yoʋ are storing up wrath for yoʋrself on the day of wrath, revelation, and the righteous judgment of God, ^{Verse 6} who will repay each person according to his works. ^{Verse 7} To those who by patient endurance in good works seek glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life; ^{Verse 8} but for those who are self-seeking and obey unrighteousness instead of the truth, there will be anger and wrath. ^{Verse 9} There will be tribulation and distress for everyone who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek; ^{Verse 10} but there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. ^{Verse 11} For there is no partiality with God. ^{Verse 12} For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. ^{Verse 13} For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified. ^{Verse 14} For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what is required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. ^{Verse 15} They show that what the law requires is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness with them and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them ^{Verse 16} on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secret thoughts of men through Jesus Christ. ^{Verse 17} Behold, yoʋ call yoʋrself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God. ^{Verse 18} Yoʋ know his will and approve what is excellent, because yoʋ are instructed from the law. ^{Verse 19} And yoʋ have confidence that yoʋ yoʋrself are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness, ^{Verse 20} an instructor of the foolish, and a teacher of children, because yoʋ have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth. ^{Verse 21} Yoʋ then who teach others, do yoʋ not teach yoʋrself? Yoʋ who preach against stealing, do yoʋ steal? ^{Verse 22} Yoʋ who tell others not to commit adultery, do yoʋ commit adultery? Yoʋ who abhor idols, do yoʋ rob temples? ^{Verse 23} Yoʋ who boast in the law, do yoʋ dishonor God by transgressing the law? ^{Verse 24} As it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” ^{Verse 25} Circumcision does indeed benefit yoʋ if yoʋ observe the law, but if yoʋ transgress the law, yoʋr circumcision has become uncircumcision. ^{Verse 26} If then an uncircumcised man keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? ^{Verse 27} And will not he who is physically uncircumcised and carries out the law judge yoʋ who, despite having the letter of the law and circumcision, transgress the law? ^{Verse 28} For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is circumcision something outward in the flesh; ^{Verse 29} but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. Such a man's praise comes not from men but from God.