Rom.2.1
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
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 we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such 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
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
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 despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
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
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
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
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
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 unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
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
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
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 glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to 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
For there is no respect of persons with God.
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
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
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
For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
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
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
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
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
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
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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.
Rom.2.17
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Rom.2.17
If you're brought up Jewish, don't assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you're an insider to God's revelation,
Rom.2.17
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God;
Rom.2.17
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God,
Rom.2.17
If you are a Jew, you are relying on God's law for your special relationship with him. You boast that all is well between yourself and God.
Rom.2.18
And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Rom.2.18
a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines!
Rom.2.18
if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
Rom.2.18
and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
Rom.2.18
Yes, you know what he wants; you know right from wrong because you have been taught his law.
Rom.2.19
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Rom.2.19
I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God's revealed Word inside and out,
Rom.2.19
if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,
Rom.2.19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Rom.2.19
You are convinced that you are a guide for the blind and a beacon light for people who are lost in darkness without God.
Rom.2.20
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Rom.2.20
feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God.
Rom.2.20
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth--
Rom.2.20
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
Rom.2.20
You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that in God's law you have complete knowledge and truth.
Rom.2.21
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Rom.2.21
While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I'm quite serious. While preaching "Don't steal!" are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you?
Rom.2.21
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Rom.2.21
You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
Rom.2.21
Well then, if you teach others, why don't you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal?
Rom.2.22
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
Rom.2.22
The same with adultery. The same with idolatry.
Rom.2.22
You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Rom.2.22
You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Rom.2.22
You say it is wrong to commit adultery, but do you do it? You condemn idolatry, but do you steal from pagan temples?
Rom.2.23
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Rom.2.23
You can get by with almost anything if you front it with eloquent talk about God and his law.
Rom.2.23
You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
Rom.2.23
You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
Rom.2.23
You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.
Rom.2.24
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Rom.2.24
The line from Scripture, "It's because of you Jews that the outsiders are down on God," shows it's an old problem that isn't going to go away.
Rom.2.24
As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
Rom.2.24
For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written.
Rom.2.24
No wonder the Scriptures say, "The world blasphemes the name of God because of you."
Rom.2.25
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Rom.2.25
Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God's law. But if you don't, it's worse than not being circumcised.
Rom.2.25
Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.
Rom.2.25
For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Rom.2.25
The Jewish ceremony of circumcision is worth something only if you obey God's law. But if you don't obey God's law, you are no better off than an uncircumcised Gentile.
Rom.2.26
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
Rom.2.26
The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God's ways are as good as the circumcised--
Rom.2.26
If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?
Rom.2.26
Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
Rom.2.26
And if the Gentiles obey God's law, won't God give them all the rights and honors of being his own people?
Rom.2.27
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
Rom.2.27
in fact, better. Better to keep God's law uncircumcised than break it circumcised.
Rom.2.27
The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
Rom.2.27
And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law?
Rom.2.27
In fact, uncircumcised Gentiles who keep God's law will be much better off than you Jews who are circumcised and know so much about God's law but don't obey it.
Rom.2.28
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom.2.28
Don't you see: It's not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew.
Rom.2.28
A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.
Rom.2.28
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;
Rom.2.28
For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish ceremony of circumcision.
Rom.2.29
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Rom.2.29
You become a Jew by who you are. It's the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics. [JC]
Rom.2.29
No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.
Rom.2.29
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.
Rom.2.29
No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not a cutting of the body but a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. Whoever has that kind of change seeks praise from God, not from people.
