Rom.2.1

Those people are on a dark spiral downward. But if you think that leaves you on the high ground where you can point your finger at others, think again. Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors.

Rom.2.1

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

Rom.2.1

Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

Rom.2.1

You may be saying, "What terrible people you have been talking about!" But you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you do these very same things.

Rom.2.2

But God isn't so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you've done.

Rom.2.2

Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

Rom.2.2

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

Rom.2.2

And we know that God, in his justice, will punish anyone who does such things.

Rom.2.3

You didn't think, did you, that just by pointing your finger at others you would distract God from seeing all your misdoings and from coming down on you hard?

Rom.2.3

So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

Rom.2.3

And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Rom.2.3

Do you think that God will judge and condemn others for doing them and not judge you when you do them, too?

Rom.2.4

Or did you think that because he's such a nice God, he'd let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but he's not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change.

Rom.2.4

Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?

Rom.2.4

Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Rom.2.4

Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?

Rom.2.5

You're not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it's going to blaze hot and high, God's fiery and righteous judgment.

Rom.2.5

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

Rom.2.5

But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Rom.2.5

But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world,

Rom.2.6

Make no mistake: In the end you get what's coming to you--

Rom.2.6

God "will give to each person according to what he has done."

Rom.2.6

who "will render to each one according to his deeds":

Rom.2.6

will judge all people according to what they have done.

Rom.2.7

Real Life for those who work on God's side,

Rom.2.7

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

Rom.2.7

eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;

Rom.2.7

He will give eternal life to those who persist in doing what is good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.

Rom.2.8

but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!

Rom.2.8

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

Rom.2.8

but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness--indignation and wrath,

Rom.2.8

But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and practice evil deeds.

Rom.2.9

If you go against the grain, you get splinters, regardless of which neighborhood you're from, what your parents taught you, what schools you attended.

Rom.2.9

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;

Rom.2.9

tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;

Rom.2.9

There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on sinning--for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.

Rom.2.10

But if you embrace the way God does things, there are wonderful payoffs, again without regard to where you are from or how you were brought up.

Rom.2.10

but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

Rom.2.10

but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Rom.2.10

But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good--for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.

Rom.2.11

Being a Jew won't give you an automatic stamp of approval. God pays no attention to what others say (or what you think) about you. He makes up his own mind.

Rom.2.11

For God does not show favoritism.

Rom.2.11

For there is no partiality with God.

Rom.2.11

For God does not show favoritism.

Rom.2.12

If you sin without knowing what you're doing, God takes that into account. But if you sin knowing full well what you're doing, that's a different story entirely.

Rom.2.12

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

Rom.2.12

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law

Rom.2.12

God will punish the Gentiles when they sin, even though they never had God's written law. And he will punish the Jews when they sin, for they do have the law.

Rom.2.13

Merely hearing God's law is a waste of your time if you don't do what he commands. Doing, not hearing, is what makes the difference with God.

Rom.2.13

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

Rom.2.13

(for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;

Rom.2.13

For it is not merely knowing the law that brings God's approval. Those who obey the law will be declared right in God's sight.

Rom.2.14

When outsiders who have never heard of God's law follow it more or less by instinct, they confirm its truth by their obedience.

Rom.2.14

(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law,

Rom.2.14

for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves,

Rom.2.14

Even when Gentiles, who do not have God's written law, instinctively follow what the law says, they show that in their hearts they know right from wrong.

Rom.2.15

They show that God's law is not something alien, imposed on us from without, but woven into the very fabric of our creation. There is something deep within them that echoes God's yes and no, right and wrong.

Rom.2.15

since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)

Rom.2.15

who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)

Rom.2.15

They demonstrate that God's law is written within them, for their own consciences either accuse them or tell them they are doing what is right.

Rom.2.16

Their response to God's yes and no will become public knowledge on the day God makes his final decision about every man and woman. The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences.

Rom.2.16

This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

Rom.2.16

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Rom.2.16

The day will surely come when God, by Jesus Christ, will judge everyone's secret life. This is my message.