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. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth
against them which commit such things.
3And thinkest thou this, O man,
that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou
shalt escape the judgment of God? 4Or despisest thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the
goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5But after thy hardness and
impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6Who will render
to every man according to his deeds:
7To them who by patient continuance
in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to
the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11For there is no respect of
persons with God.
12For 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; 13(For not the hearers of the law are just before
God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14For 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: 15Which
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;) 16In the day when God shall judge the secrets
of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and
makest thy boast of God, 18And knowest his will, and approvest the
things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19And
art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of
them which are in darkness, 20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of
babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not
thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit
adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law
dishonourest thou God?
24For the name of God is blasphemed among the
Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25For circumcision verily
profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law,
thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26Therefore if the
uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his
uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27And shall not
uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who
by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that
circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29But 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.