The Book of Romans
Chapter 2
The Accountability
of the People of God
1 Therefore thou
art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest:
for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest
thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2 But we are sure
that the judgment of God is according to truth against
them which commit such things.
3 And thinkest
thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things,
and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment
of God?
4 Or despisest
thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God
leadeth thee to repentance?
5 But after thy
hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the
righteous judgment of God;
6 Who will render
to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them who by
patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and
honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them
that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9 Tribulation and
anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour,
and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no
respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as
have sinned without law shall also perish without law:
and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by
the law;
13 (For not the
hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of
the law shall be justified.
14 For when the
Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things
contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a
law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the
work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while
accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In the day when
God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.
Notes on the Jews
and the Law
17 Behold, thou
art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God,
18 And knowest his
will, and approvest the things that are more excellent,
being instructed out of the law;
19 And art
confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a
light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor
of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form
of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
2 Thou therefore
which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou
that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that
sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit
adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit
sacrilege?
23 Thou that
makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law
dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of
God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it
is written.
25 For
circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but
if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made
uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if
the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law,
shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not
uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,
judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost
transgress the law?
28 For he is not a
Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that
circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a
Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of
the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose
praise is not of men, but of God.
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