| 1. | For by the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the very same things. |
| 2. | We know that the judgment of God on those who do such things is true. |
| 3. | Do you suppose, then, you who judge those who engage in such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? |
| 4. | Or do you hold his priceless kindness, forbearance, and patience in low esteem, unaware that the kindness of God would lead you to repentance? |
| 5. | By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God, |
| 6. | who will repay everyone according to his works: |
| 7. | eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works, |
| 8. | but wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness. |
| 9. | Yes, affliction and distress will come upon every human being who does evil, Jew first and then Greek. |
| 10. | But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, Jew first and then Greek. |
| 11. | There is no partiality with God. |
| 12. | All who sin outside the law will also perish without reference to it, and all who sin under the law will be judged in accordance with it. |
| 13. | For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight of God; rather, those who observe the law will be justified. |
| 14. | For when the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature observe the prescriptions of the law, they are a law for themselves even though they do not have the law. |
| 15. | They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them |
| 16. | on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge people's hidden works through Christ Jesus. |
| 17. | Now if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of God |
| 18. | and know his will and are able to discern what is important since you are instructed from the law, |
| 19. | and if you are confident that you are a guide for the blind and a light for those in darkness, |
| 20. | that you are a trainer of the foolish and teacher of the simple, because in the law you have the formulation of knowledge and truth-- |
| 21. | then you who teach another, are you failing to teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? |
| 22. | You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples? |
| 23. | You who boast of the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? |
| 24. | For, as it is written, "Because of you the name of God is reviled among the Gentiles." |
| 25. | Circumcision, to be sure, has value if you observe the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
| 26. | Again, if an uncircumcised man keeps the precepts of the law, will he not be considered circumcised? |
| 27. | Indeed, those who are physically uncircumcised but carry out the law will pass judgment on you, with your written law and circumcision, who break the law. |
| 28. | One is not a Jew outwardly. True circumcision is not outward, in the flesh. |
| 29. | Rather, one is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not the letter; his praise is not from human beings but from God. |
