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
.
And we know that the judgment
of God
1rightly
falls
upon those
who practice
such
things
.
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
?
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
?
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
,
awho WILL RENDER
TO EACH
PERSON
ACCORDING
TO HIS DEEDS
:
to those who by aperseverance
in doing
good
seek
for bglory
and honor
and cimmortality
, deternal
life
;
but to those who are aselfishly
ambitious
and bdo not obey
the truth
, but obey
unrighteousness
, wrath
and indignation
.
There will be atribulation and distress
1for every
soul
of man
who does
evil
, of the Jew
bfirst
and also
of the Greek
,
but aglory and honor
and peace
to everyone
who does
good
, to the Jew
bfirst
and also
to the Greek
.
For athere is no partiality
with God
.
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
;
for it is anot the hearers 1of the Law
who are 2just
before
God
, but the doers
1of the Law
will be justified
.
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
,
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,
on the day when
, aaccording
to my gospel
, bGod
will judge
the secrets
of men
through
Christ
Jesus
.
But if you bear
the name
"Jew
" and arely
1upon the Law
and boast
in God
,
and know His will
and 1 aapprove
the things that are essential
, being instructed
out of the Law
,
and are confident that you yourself
are a guide
to the blind
, a light
to those
who are in darkness
,
a 1corrector of the foolish
, a teacher
of 2the immature
, having
in the Law
athe embodiment
of knowledge
and of the truth
,
you, therefore, awho teach
another
, do you not teach
yourself
? You who 1preach
that one shall not steal
, do you steal
?
You who say that one should not commit
adultery
, do you commit
adultery
? You who abhor
idols
, do you arob
temples
?
You who aboast
1in the Law
, through
your breaking
the Law
, do you dishonor
God
?
For " aTHE NAME OF GOD
IS BLASPHEMED
AMONG
THE GENTILES
bBECAUSE
OF YOU," just
as it is written
.
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
.
aSo if
bthe 1uncircumcised
man
ckeeps
the requirements
of the Law
, will not his uncircumcision
be regarded
as circumcision
?
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
?
For ahe is not a Jew who
is one outwardly
, nor
is circumcision
that which is outward
in the flesh
.
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
.