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| 2 | Romans |
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Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgement upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. | The Right Judgment of God Ro.2.1-16 |
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We know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who do such things. | |
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Do you suppose, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? | |
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Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? | |
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But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. | |
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For he will render to every man according to his works: | |
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to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life; | |
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but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. | |
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There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, | |
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but glory and honour and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. | |
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For God shows no partiality. | |
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All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. | |
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For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. | |
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When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. | |
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They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them | |
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on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. | |
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But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God | The Jews and the Law Ro.2.17-3.8 |
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and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law, | |
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and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, | |
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a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - | |
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you then who teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? | |
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You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? | |
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You who boast in the law, do you dishonour God by breaking the law? | |
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For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." | - The name of God is blasphemed Ro.2.24 - Is.52.5, Eze.36.20 |
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Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. | |
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So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? | |
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Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. | |
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For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. | |
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He is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from God. | |
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