Romans 2:17-29 - Prayer Tents

Romans 2

The Impartiality of God

2Therefore you are without excuse, every man [of you] who passes judgment, for in that you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.G1352G1488G379G5599G444G3956G2919G1063G1722G3739G2919G2087G2632G4572G1063G2919G4238G8462And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.G1161G1492G3754G2917G2316G2076G2596G225G1909G4238G51083And do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment upon those who practice such things and do the same [yourself,] that you will escape the judgment of God?G1161G3049G5124G5599G444G2919G4238G5108G2532G4160G846G3754G4771G1628G2917G23164Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?G2228G2706G4149G846G5544G2532G463G2532G3115G50G3754G5543G2316G71G4571G1519G33415But 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,G1161G2596G4675G4643G2532G279G2588G2343G4572G3709G1722G2250G3709G2532G602G1341G23166who WILL RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:G3739G591G1538G2596G846G20417to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;G3303G2596G5281G18G2041G2212G1391G2532G5092G2532G861G166G22228but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.G1161G1537G2052G2532G544G3303G225G1161G3982G93G2372G2532G37099[There will be] tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,G2347G2532G4730G1909G3956G5590G444G2716G2556G2453G4412G5037G2532G167210but glory and honor and peace to every man who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.G1161G2532G1391G5092G2532G1515G3956G2038G18G2453G4412G5037G2532G167211For there is no partiality with God.G1063G2076G3756G4382G3844G231612For 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;G1063G3745G264G460G622G2532G622G460G2532G3745G264G1722G3551G2919G1223G355113for not the hearers of the Law are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.G1063G3756G202G3551G1342G3844G2316G235G4163G3551G134414For 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,G1063G3752G1484G3588G2192G3361G3551G4160G5449G3588G3551G3778G2192G3361G3551G1526G3551G143815in 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,G3748G1731G2041G3551G1123G1722G846G2588G846G4893G4828G2532G3053G2723G2228G2532G626G3342G24016on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.G1722G2250G3753G2316G2919G2927G444G1223G2424G5547G2596G3450G2098

The Jew Is Condemned by the Law

17But if you bear the name "Jew," and rely upon the Law, and boast in God,G2396G4771G2028G2453G2532G1879G3551G2532G2744G1722G231618and know [His] will, and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,G2532G1097G2307G2532G1381G1308G2727G1537G355119and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,G5037G3982G4572G1511G3595G5185G5457G1722G465520a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,G3810G878G1320G3516G2192G3446G1108G2532G225G1722G355121you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one should not steal, do you steal?G3767G3588G1321G2087G1321G3756G4572G2784G2813G3361G2813G281322You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?G3004G3431G3361G3431G3431G948G1497G241623You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?G3739G2744G1722G3551G1223G3847G3551G818G231624For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.G1063G3686G2316G987G1722G1484G1223G5209G2531G112525For indeed circumcision is of value, if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.G1063G4061G3303G5623G1437G4238G3551G1161G1437G5600G3848G3551G4675G4061G1096G20326If therefore the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?G3767G1437G203G5442G1345G3551G3049G3780G846G203G3049G1519G406127And will not 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?G2532G2919G203G1537G5449G5055G3551G2919G4571G1223G1121G2532G4061G3848G355128For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.G1063G2076G3756G2453G1722G5318G3761G4061G1722G5318G1722G456129But 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.G235G2453G1722G2927G2532G4061G2588G1722G4151G3756G1121G3739G1868G3756G1537G444G235G1537G2316