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For all who have sinned ^(F1)(C1)without the Law will also perish ^(F1)without the Law, and all who have sinned ^(F2)under the Law will be judged ^(F3)by the Law;

for it is ^(C1)not the hearers ^(F1)of the Law who are ^(F2)righteous before God, but the doers ^(F1)of the Law who will be justified.

For when Gentiles who do not have ^(F1)the Law ^(F2)(C1)instinctively perform the requirements of the Law, these, though not having ^(F1)the Law, are a law to themselves,

in that they show ^(C1)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

on the day when, ^(C1)according to my gospel, ^(C2)God will judge the secrets of mankind through Christ Jesus.

But if you call yourself a ^(F1)Jew and ^(C1)rely ^(F2)upon the Law and boast in God,

and know His will and ^(F1)(C1)distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,

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

a ^(F1)corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ^(F2)the immature, possessing in the Law ^(C1)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—

you, therefore, ^(C1)who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who ^(F1)preach that one is not to steal, do you steal?

You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you ^(C1)rob temples?

You who ^(C1)boast ^(F1)in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

For "^(C1)THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES ^(C2)BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.

For indeed circumcision is of value if you ^(C1)practice ^(F1)the Law; but if you are a violator ^(F2)of the Law, ^(C2)your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision.

^(C1)So if ^(C2)the ^(F1)uncircumcised man ^(C3)keeps the requirements of the Law, will his uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?

And ^(C1)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not ^(C2)judge you who ^(F1)though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a violator ^(F2)of the Law?

For ^(C1)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

But ^(C1)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and ^(C2)circumcision is of the heart, by the ^(C3)Spirit, not by the letter; ^(C4)and his praise is not from people, but from God.