2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, ①you foolish person, everyone of you who passes judgment; for ②in that matter in which you judge someone else, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
▷ ①Lit O ②Or when you judge
2:2 And we know that the judgment of God ①rightly falls upon those who practice such things.
▷ ①Lit is according to truth against
2:3 But do you suppose this, ①you foolish person who passes judgment on those who practice such things, and yet does them as well, that you will escape the judgment of God?
▷ ①Lit O
2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and ①restraint and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
▷ ①I.e., from inflicting punishment
2:5 But ①because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
▷ ①Or in accordance with
2:6 who WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:
2:7 to those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life;
2:8 but to those who are self-serving and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, He will give wrath and indignation.
2:9 There will be tribulation and distress ①for every soul of mankind who does evil, ②for the Jew first and also ③for the Greek,
▷ ①Lit upon ②Lit of the ③Lit of the
2:10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
2:11 For there is no partiality with God.
2:12 For all who have sinned ①without the Law will also perish ②without the Law, and all who have sinned ③under the Law will be judged ④by the Law;
▷ ①Or without law ②Or without law ③Or under law ④Or by law
2:13 for it is not the hearers ①of the Law who are ②righteous before God, but the doers ③of the Law who will be justified.
▷ ①Or of law ②Or just ③Or of law
2:14 For when Gentiles who do not have ①the Law ②instinctively perform the requirements of the Law, these, though not having ③the Law, are a law to themselves,
▷ ①Or law ②Lit by nature ③Or law
2:15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
2:16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of mankind through Christ Jesus.
2:17 But if you call yourself a ①Jew and rely ②upon the Law and boast in God,
▷ ①Or Judean ②Or upon law
2:18 and know His will and ①distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,
▷ ①Or approve
2:19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to people who are blind, a light to those in darkness,
2:20 a ①corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ②the immature, possessing in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—
▷ ①Or instructor ②Lit infants
2:21 you, therefore, who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who ①preach that one is not to steal, do you steal?
▷ ①Or proclaim
2:22 You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you rob temples?
2:23 You who boast ①in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?
▷ ①Or in law
2:24 For “THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU,” just as it is written.
2:25 For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice ①the Law; but if you are a violator ②of the Law, your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision.
▷ ①Or law ②Or of law
2:26 So if the ①uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will his uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?
▷ ①Lit uncircumcision
2:27 And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who ①though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a violator ②of the Law?
▷ ①Lit through the letter ②Or of law
2:28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.
2:29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God.