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Romans 2

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Therefore, any one of you [1] ⓐ who judges is without excuse. ⓑ For when you judge another, ⓒ you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

² We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.

³ Do you really think — anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same — that you will escape God’s judgment?

⁴ Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, ⓓ restraint, ⓔ and patience, ⓕ not recognizing [2] that God’s kindness ⓖ is intended to lead you to repentance?

⁵ But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath ⓗ for yourself in the day of wrath, ⓘ when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

⁶ He will repay each one according to his works: ⓙ [3]

⁷ eternal life ⓚ to those who by persistence in doing good ⓛ seek glory, honor, ⓜ and immortality; ⓝ

⁸ but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking ⓞ and disobey the truth ⓟ but are obeying unrighteousness;

⁹ affliction and distress ⓠ for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek; ⓡ

¹⁰ but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

¹¹ There is no favoritism with God. ⓢ

¹² All those who sinned without the law ⓣ will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

¹³ For the hearers of the law ⓤ are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous. [4]

¹⁴ So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively ⓥ do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

¹⁵ They show that the work of the law [5] is written on their hearts. ⓦ Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them [6]

¹⁶ on the day when God judges ⓧ what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. ⓨ

¹⁷ Now if [7] you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, ⓩ boast in God,

¹⁸ know His will, and approve the things that are superior, ⓐ being instructed from the law,

¹⁹ and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

²⁰ an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of the immature, having the full expression [8] of knowledge and truth ⓑ in the law —

²² You who say, “You must not commit adultery” — do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples? ⓓ

²³ You who boast in the law, ⓔ do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

²⁴ For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. ⓕ [9]

²⁵ For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ⓖ

²⁶ Therefore if an uncircumcised ⓗ man keeps the law’s requirements, ⓘ will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?

²⁷ A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you ⓙ who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

²⁸ For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, ⓚ and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

²⁹ On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, ⓛ and circumcision is of the heart — by the Spirit, not the letter. [10] ⓜ That man’s praise [11] is not from men but from God. ⓝ

#	HCSB
1	Therefore, any one of you [1] ⓐ who judges is without excuse. ⓑ For when you judge another, ⓒ you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.
2	We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.
3	Do you really think — anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same — that you will escape God’s judgment?
4	Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, ⓓ restraint, ⓔ and patience, ⓕ not recognizing [2] that God’s kindness ⓖ is intended to lead you to repentance?
5	But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath ⓗ for yourself in the day of wrath, ⓘ when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
6	He will repay each one according to his works: ⓙ [3]
7	eternal life ⓚ to those who by persistence in doing good ⓛ seek glory, honor, ⓜ and immortality; ⓝ
8	but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking ⓞ and disobey the truth ⓟ but are obeying unrighteousness;
9	affliction and distress ⓠ for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek; ⓡ
10	but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
11	There is no favoritism with God. ⓢ
12	All those who sinned without the law ⓣ will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
13	For the hearers of the law ⓤ are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous. [4]
14	So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively ⓥ do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.
15	They show that the work of the law [5] is written on their hearts. ⓦ Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them [6]
16	on the day when God judges ⓧ what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. ⓨ
17	Now if [7] you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, ⓩ boast in God,
18	know His will, and approve the things that are superior, ⓐ being instructed from the law,
19	and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,
20	an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of the immature, having the full expression [8] of knowledge and truth ⓑ in the law —
21	you then, who teach another, ⓒ don’t you teach yourself? You who preach, “You must not steal” — do you steal?
22	You who say, “You must not commit adultery” — do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples? ⓓ
23	You who boast in the law, ⓔ do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24	For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. ⓕ [9]
25	For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ⓖ
26	Therefore if an uncircumcised ⓗ man keeps the law’s requirements, ⓘ will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?
27	A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you ⓙ who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.
28	For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, ⓚ and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.
29	On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, ⓛ and circumcision is of the heart — by the Spirit, not the letter. [10] ⓜ That man’s praise [11] is not from men but from God. ⓝ

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