Romans 2
The Righteous Judgment
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Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man,
whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another,
thou condemnest thyself; Mt. 7.1 ยท Lk. 6.37 for thou that judgest doest the same things.
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But we are sure that the judgment of God
is according to truth against them which commit such
things.
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And thinkest thou this, O man, that
judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou
shalt escape the judgment of God?
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Or despisest thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the
goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
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but, after thy hardness and impenitent
heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and
revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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who will render to every man according to
his deeds: Ps. 62.12
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to them who by patient continuance in
well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal
life:
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but unto them that are contentious, and
do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and
wrath,
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tribulation and anguish, upon every soul
of man that doeth evil; of the Jew first, and also of the
Gentile;
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but glory, honor, and peace, to every man
that worketh good; to the Jew first, and also to the
Gentile:
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for there is no respect of persons with
God. Deut. 10.17
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For 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;
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(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be
justified.
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For 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:
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which show 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;)
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in the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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The Jews and the
Law |
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Behold, thou art called a Jew, and
restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
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and knowest his will, and
approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out
of the law;
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and art confident that thou thyself art a
guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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an instructor of the foolish, a teacher
of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the
law.
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Thou therefore which teachest another,
teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not
steal, dost thou steal?
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thou that sayest a man should not commit
adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost
thou commit sacrilege?
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thou that makest thy boast of the law,
through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?
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For the name of God is blasphemed among
the Gentiles through you, Is. 52.5 as it is written.
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For circumcision verily profiteth, if
thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy
circumcision is made uncircumcision.
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Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the
righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted
for circumcision?
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And shall not uncircumcision which is by
nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and
circumcision dost transgress the law?
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For he is not a Jew, which is one
outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in
the flesh:
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but 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.
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