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Romans, 2

1. Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you are, if you are able to judge others. For in judging your neighbor, you condemn yourself, for you practice what you are judging.

2. We know that the condemnation of God will justly reach those who commit these things,

3. and do you think that by condemning others you will escape from the judgment of God, you who are doing the same?

4. This would be taking advantage of God and his infinite goodness, patience and understanding, and not to realize that his goodness is in order to lead you to conversion.

5. If your heart becomes hard and you refuse to change, then you are storing for yourself a great punishment on the day of judgment, when God will appear as just judge.

6. He will give each one his due, according to his actions.

7. He will give everlasting life to those who seek glory, honor and immortality and persevere in doing good.

8. But anger and vengeance will be the lot of those who do not serve truth but injustice.

9. There will be suffering and anguish for everyone committing evil, first the Jew, then the Greek.

10. But God will give glory, honor and peace to whoever does good, first the Jew then the Greek,

11. because one is not different from the other before God.

12. Those who, without knowing the Law, committed sin, will perish without the Law, and whoever committed sin knowing the Law, will be judged by that Law.

13. What makes us righteous before God is not hearing the Law, but obeying it.

14. When the non-Jews, who do not have law, practice naturally what the Law commands, they are giving themselves a law,

15. showing that the commandments of the Law are engraved in their minds. Their conscience, speaking within them also shows it, when they condemn or approve their actions.

16. The same is to happen on the day when God, according to my gospel, will judge people's secret actions in the person of Jesus Christ.

17. But suppose you call yourself a Jew: you have the Law as foundation and feel proud of your God.

18. You know the will of God and the Law teaches you to distinguish what is better,

19. and so you believe you are the guide for the blind, light in darkness,

20. teacher of those who do not know, instructor of children, because you possess in the Law the formulation of true knowledge.

21. Well, then, you who teach others, why don't you teach yourself? If you say that one must not steal, why do you steal?

22. You say one must not commit adultery, yet you commit it! You say you hate idols, but you steal in their temples!

23. You feel proud of the Law, yet you do not obey it, and you dishonor your God.

24. In fact, as the Scriptures say, the other nations despise the name of God because of you.

25. Circumcision is of value to you if you obey the Law; but if you do not obey, it is as if you were not circumcised.

26. On the contrary, if those who are uncircumcised obey the commandments of the Law, do you not think that, in spite of being pagans, they make themselves like the circumcised?

27. The one who obeys the Law without being marked in his body with circumcision, will judge you who have been marked with circumcision and who have the Law which you do not obey.

28. For external things do not make a true Jew nor is real circumcision that which is marked on the body.

29. A Jew must be so interiorly; the heart's circumcision belongs to spirit and not to a written law; he who lives in this way will be praised, not by people, but by God.

Verses related to Romans, 2:

Romans 2 addresses the hypocrisy of the Jews who condemn the Gentiles for their sins, while they themselves make the same mistakes. Paul argues that all are guilty before God and that God's righteousness makes no distinction between Jews and Gentiles. It also emphasizes the need for an inner change, not just following the law externally. Based on these themes, the five related verses are:

Matthew 7:1-2: "Do not judge, that you will not be judged. For with the criterion with which you judge, you will be judged; and as you have measured you will measuring you too." This verse talks about the hypocrisy of judgment and how we can be judged in the same way as we judge others. This relates to the condemnation of the Jews to the Gentiles in Romans 2.

Galatians 3:28: "There is no Jewish or Greek; there is no slave or free; there is no man or woman; for all you are one in Christ Jesus." This verse talks about unity in Christ and the lack of distinction between different groups of people. This relates to Paul's statement in Romans 2 that God's righteousness makes no distinction between Jews and Gentiles.

James 1:22: "But thirst for the word, not just listeners, deceiving yourselves." This verse highlights the importance of acting according to God's Word instead of just hearing it. This relates to Paul's emphasis on Romans 2 that inner change is necessary, not just external compliance with the law.

1 Corinthians 4:5: "Therefore, do not judge before time, until the Lord comes, who will not only bring to light the hidden things of darkness, but will also manifest the designs of hearts; and then each one will receive from God the God praise that is due to you. " This verse talks about God's righteousness and how it will reveal the true intention of hearts. This relates to Paul's emphasis on Romans 2 that God's righteousness is not based on external distinctions, but the true intention of the heart.

Ephesians 2:8-9: "For by grace you are saved, through faith, and this does not come from you, it is the gift of God; it does not come from the works, so that no one can glorious." This verse talks about salvation by grace, not for works. This relates to Paul's statement in Romans 2 that God's righteousness is not achieved by external compliance with the law, but by inner change and faith in Christ.





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