Romans 2:1-16 - The Righteous And Impartial Judgment Of God

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. ² Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth. 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? ⁴ Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent? 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. ⁶ For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done: ⁷ eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good; ⁸ but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead. ⁹ There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well. ¹⁰ But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who practices doing good, initially for Jews but also for Greeks as well, ¹¹ because God does not show partiality.

¹² For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. 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. ¹⁴ For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law. 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 ¹⁶ on that day when God, through Jesus the Messiah, will judge people's secrets according to my gospel.