Romans 2

¹ Therefore you are inexcusable, whoever you are, if you pose as a judge, for in judging another you condemn yourself; you, the judge, do the very same things yourself.

¹ Therefore you have ^(A)no excuse, ^(a)(B)everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which ^(C)you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

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.

¹ Therefore, any one of you^(a)(A) who judges is without excuse.^(B) For when you judge another,^(C) you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

¹ Therefore, you have no excuse every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.

³ Very well; and do you imagine you will escape God's doom, O man, you who judge those who practise such vices and do the same yourself?

³ But do you suppose this, ^(D)O man, ^(c)when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

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?

³ Do you really think—anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same—that you will escape God’s judgment?

³ So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

⁵ In your stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are simply storing up anger for yourself on the Day of anger, when the just doom of God is revealed.

⁵ But ^(d)because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart ^(I)you are storing up wrath for yourself ^(J)in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

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;

⁵ But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath^(H) for yourself in the day of wrath,^(I) when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

⁵ But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

⁷ eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

⁷ to those who by ^(L)perseverance in doing good seek for ^(M)glory and honor and ^(N)immortality, ^(O)eternal life;

⁷ To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

⁷ eternal life^(K) to those who by persistence in doing good^(L) seek glory, honor,^(M) and immortality;^(N)

⁷ eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

⁹ but glory, honour, and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

⁹ There will be ^(R)tribulation and distress ^(e)for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew ^(S)first and also of the Greek,

⁹ Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

⁹ affliction and distress^(Q) for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;^(R)

⁹ There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

¹¹ All who sin outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sin under the Law will be condemned by the Law.

¹¹ For ^(V)there is no partiality with God.

¹¹ For there is no respect of persons with God.

¹¹ There is no favoritism with God.^(S)

¹¹ because God does not show partiality.

¹³ [Move vss 14,15 to follow vs 16] (When Gentiles who have no law obey instinctively the Law's requirements, they are a law to themselves, even though they have no law;

¹³ for it is ^(X)not the hearers ^(j)of the Law who are ^(k)just before God, but the doers ^(l)of the Law will be justified.

¹³ (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

¹³ For the hearers of the law^(U) are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.^(d)

¹³ For it is not merely those who hear the Law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who follow the Law, who will be justified.

¹⁵ on the day when God judges the secret things of men, as my gospel holds, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ in that they show ^(Z)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

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;)

¹⁵ They show that the work of the law^(e) is written on their hearts.^(W) Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them^(f)

¹⁵ They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

¹⁷ understanding his will, and with a sense of what is vital in religion; if you are instructed by the Law

¹⁷ But if you bear the name “Jew” and ^(AC)rely ^(p)upon the Law and boast in God,

¹⁷ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

¹⁷ Now if^(g) you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law,^(Z) boast in God,

¹⁷ Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,

¹⁹ a tutor for the foolish, a teacher of the simple, because in the Law you have the embodiment of knowledge and truth ??21 well then, do you ever teach yourself, you teacher of other people? You preach against stealing; do you steal?

¹⁹ and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

¹⁹ And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

¹⁹ and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

¹⁹ and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

²¹ You pride yourself on the Law; do you dishonour God by your breaches of the Law?

²¹ you, therefore, ^(AF)who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who ^(t)preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

²¹ Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

²¹ you then, who teach another,^(AC) don’t you teach yourself? You who preach, “You must not steal”—do you steal?

²¹ as you teach others, do you fail to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, do you steal?

²³ Circumcision is certainly of use, provided you keep the Law; but if you are a breaker of the Law, then your circumcision is turned into uncircumcision.

²³ You who ^(AH)boast ^(u)in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

²³ Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

²³ You who boast in the law,^(AE) do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

²³ As you boast about the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

²⁵ And shall not those who are physically uncircumcised and who fulfil the Law, judge you who are a breaker of the Law for all your written code and circumcision?)

²⁵ For indeed circumcision is of value if you ^(AK)practice ^(v)the Law; but if you are a transgressor ^(w)of the Law, ^(AL)your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

²⁵ For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

²⁵ For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.^(AG)

²⁵ For circumcision is valuable if you observe the Law, but if you break the Law, your having been circumcised has no more value than if you were uncircumcised.

²⁷ he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual not literal ??praised by God, not by man.

²⁷ And ^(AP)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not ^(AQ)judge you who ^(y)though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor ^(z)of the Law?

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?

²⁷ A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you^(AJ) who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

²⁷ The man who is uncircumcised physically but who keeps the Law will condemn you who break the Law, even though you have the written Law and circumcision.