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New American Standard Bible 1995

1Therefore, you have no excuse—every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.

1Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

2Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth.

2And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

3So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

3But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

4Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?

4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

5But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

6For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:

6who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:

7eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

7to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

8but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.

8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

9There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

9There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

10But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who practices doing good, initially for Jews but also for Greeks as well,

10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

11because God does not show partiality.

11For there is no partiality with God.

12For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.

12For 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;

13For it is not merely those who hear the Law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who follow the Law, who will be justified.

13for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

14For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law.

14For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves,

15They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

15in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

16on that day when God, through Jesus the Messiah, will judge people's secrets according to my gospel.

16on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

17Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,

17But if you bear the name "Jew " and rely upon the Law and boast in God,

18and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the Law;

18and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

19and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20an instructor of ignorant people, and a teacher of infants because you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the Law—

20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

21as you teach others, do you fail to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, do you steal?

21you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

22As you forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? As you abhor idols, do you rob temples?

22You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

23As you boast about the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

23You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

24As it is written, "God's name is being blasphemed among the gentiles because of you."

24For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.

25For circumcision is valuable if you observe the Law, but if you break the Law, your having been circumcised has no more value than if you were uncircumcised.

25For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

26So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?

26So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

27The man who is uncircumcised physically but who keeps the Law will condemn you who break the Law, even though you have the written Law and circumcision.

27And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law?

28For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical.

28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

29No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

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