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Romans 2

The Impartiality of God

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Therefore you have  ano excuse,  1 beveryone of you who passes judgment, for in that which  cyou judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

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And we know that the judgment of God  1rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

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But do you suppose this,  aO man,  1when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

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Or do you think lightly of  athe riches of His  bkindness and  ctolerance and  dpatience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

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But  1because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart  ayou are storing up wrath for yourself  bin the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

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 awho WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:

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to those who by  aperseverance in doing good seek for  bglory and honor and  cimmortality,  deternal life;

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but to those who are  aselfishly ambitious and  bdo not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

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There will be  atribulation and distress  1for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew  bfirst and also of the Greek,

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but  aglory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew  bfirst and also to the Greek.

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For  athere is no partiality with God.

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For all who have sinned  1 awithout the Law will also perish  1without the Law, and all who have sinned  2under the Law will be judged  3by the Law;

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for it is  anot the hearers  1of the Law who are  2just before God, but the doers  1of the Law will be justified.

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For when Gentiles who do not have  1the Law do  2 ainstinctively the things of the Law, these, not having  1the Law, are a law to themselves,

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in that they show  athe work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

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on the day when,  aaccording to my gospel,  bGod will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

The Jew Is Condemned by the Law

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But if you bear the name "Jew" and  arely  1upon the Law and boast in God,

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and know His will and  1 aapprove the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

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and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

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a  1corrector of the foolish, a teacher of  2the immature, having in the Law  athe embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

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you, therefore,  awho teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who  1preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

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You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you  arob temples?

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You who  aboast  1in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

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For " aTHE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES  bBECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.

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For indeed circumcision is of value if you  apractice  1the Law; but if you are a transgressor  2of the Law,  byour circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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 aSo if  bthe  1uncircumcised man  ckeeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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And  ahe who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not  bjudge you who  1though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor  2of the Law?

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For  ahe is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

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But  ahe is a Jew who is one inwardly; and  bcircumcision is that which is of the heart, by the  cSpirit, not by the letter;  dand his praise is not from men, but from God.



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