{"book":"Romans","slug":"romans","ch":2,"genre":"letter","sub":"Romans","prev":"romans/1","next":"romans/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"You, therefore, have no excuse, [you] who pass judgment [on another]. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because [you who] pass judgment do the same things.","f":[],"h":"God’s Righteous Judgment","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"[So when] [you], O man, pass judgment on [others], yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for [the] day of wrath, [when] God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"[God] “ will repay each one according to his deeds.”","f":["Psalm 62:12"]},{"v":7,"t":"To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, [He will give] eternal life.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"But for those who [are] self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, [there will be] wrath and anger.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"[There will be] trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"For God does not show favoritism.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under [the] law will be judged by [the] law.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"For [it is] not the hearers of [the] law [who are] righteous before God, but [it is] the doers of [the] law [who] will be declared righteous.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have [the] law, do by nature what the law [requires], they are a law to themselves, [even though] they do not have [the] law.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"[So] they show [that] the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, [and] their thoughts either accusing or defending [them]","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.","f":["BYZ and TR through Jesus Christ"]},{"v":17,"t":"Now you, if you call [yourself] a Jew; [if you] rely on [the] law and boast in God;","f":[],"h":"The Jews and the Law","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"[if you] know [His] will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"[if you] are convinced [that] you are a guide for [the] blind, a light for those in darkness,","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"an instructor of [the] foolish, a teacher of infants, [because] you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth —","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"{you,} then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"You who boast in [the] law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"As it is written:“ God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”","f":["Isaiah 52:5 (see also LXX)"]},{"v":25,"t":"Circumcision has value if you observe [the] law, but if you break [the] law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, {will} not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"The [one who is] physically uncircumcised [yet] keeps the law will condemn you who, [even though you have] [the] written code and circumcision, [are] a lawbreaker.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"A [man] is not a Jew [ because he is one ] outwardly, nor [is] circumcision [ only ] outward [and] physical.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"No, a man [is] a Jew [ because he is one ] inwardly, and circumcision [is a matter] of the heart, by [the] Spirit, not by the written code. [Such a man’s] praise [does] not [come] from men, but from God.","f":[]}]}