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Romans 2

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¹ Therefore, every 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 Because of your hardened 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 anger to those who are self-seeking ⓝ and disobey the truth ⓐ while obeying unrighteousness.

⁹ There will be 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 For there is no favoritism with God. ⓓ

¹² All who sin without the law ⓔ will also perish without the law, and all who sin under [4] 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 justified. [5]

¹⁴ So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, ⓖ do [6] 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 [7] is written on their hearts. ⓗ Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them [8]

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

¹⁷ Now if [9] you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, ⓚ and boast in God,

¹⁸ and 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 embodiment 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?

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

²⁶ So if an uncircumcised ⓔ man keeps the law’s requirements, ⓕ will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

²⁷ A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps 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. [11] ⓙ That person’s praise is not from people but from God. ⓚ

#	CSB
1	Therefore, every 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	Because of your hardened 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 anger to those who are self-seeking ⓝ and disobey the truth ⓐ while obeying unrighteousness.
9	There will be 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	For there is no favoritism with God. ⓓ
12	All who sin without the law ⓔ will also perish without the law, and all who sin under [4] 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 justified. [5]
14	So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, ⓖ do [6] 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 [7] is written on their hearts. ⓗ Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them [8]
16	on the day when God judges ⓘ what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. ⓙ
17	Now if [9] you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, ⓚ and boast in God,
18	and 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 embodiment 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. [10] ⓒ
25	Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ⓓ
26	So if an uncircumcised ⓔ man keeps the law’s requirements, ⓕ will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
27	A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps 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. [11] ⓙ That person’s praise is not from people but from God. ⓚ

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^{Romans 2:1 [2]} In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.

^{Romans 2:8 [3]} Or says after… eye: 9 “I… plunder them.”

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