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¹ Therefore, 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.[xr] ² Now we know that God's judgment against[fn] those who practice such is based on truth. ³ So 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? ⁴ Or do you think so little of the riches of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repentance?[xr] ⁵ But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.[xr] ⁶ For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:[xr] ⁷ eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good; ⁸ but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.[xr] ⁹ There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.[xr] ¹⁰ But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who practices doing good, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.[xr] ¹¹ For God does not show partiality.[xr] ¹² For 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. ¹³ For it is not merely those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who do the law, who will be justified.[xr] ¹⁴ For 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. ¹⁵ They 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 ¹⁶ on that day when God, through Jesus Christ, will judge people's secrets according to my gospel.[xr]

¹⁷ Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast about God,[xr] ¹⁸ and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the law;[xr] ¹⁹ and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,[xr] ²⁰ an instructor of ignorant people, and a teacher of infants because you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the law[xr] - ²¹ as you teach others, do you fail to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, do you steal?[xr] ²² As you forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? As you abhor idols, do you rob temples?[xr] ²³ As you boast about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?[xr] ²⁴ As it is written, "God's name is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."[fn][xr] ²⁵ For circumcision is valuable if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.[xr] ²⁶ So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?[xr] ²⁷ The man who is uncircumcised physically but who keeps the law will condemn you who break the law, even though you have the written law[fn] and circumcision.[xr] ²⁸ For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something external and physical.[xr] ²⁹ No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by a written law.[fn] That person's praise will come from God, not from people.[xr]