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;

For if the gentiles, which have no law, do of nature the things contained in the law: then they having no law, are a law unto themselves,

In the day on which God judgeth the secrets of men according to my glad-message through Christ Jesus.

Boasting, as you do, of your Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

For only rarely will someone die on behalf of a righteous person (for on behalf of a good person possibly someone might even dare to die),

Just as you at one time were disobedient to him, but have now found mercy in the day of their disobedience;

So, too, they have now become disobedient in your day of mercy, in order that they also in their turn may now find mercy.

Now this [is another reason for observing the law of love]: You should know that it is about time to wake up out of your [spiritual] sleep, because [the day of our final] salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed [in Christ].

For it is written [Isa. 45:23], "As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone's knee will bow before me, and everyone's mouth will confess to [or, praise] God."

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.