Romans 2

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.	1 So no matter who you are, if you pass judgement you have no excuse. It is yourself that you condemnwhen you judge others, since you behave in the same way as those you are condemning.
2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.	2 We are well aware that people who behave like that are justly condemned by God.
3 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?	3 But you -- when you judge those who behave like this while you are doing the same yourself -- do youthink you wil escape God's condemnation?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?	4 Or are you not disregarding his abundant goodness, tolerance and patience, failing to realise that this generosity of God is meant to bring you to repentance?
5 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;	5 Your stubborn refusal to repent is only storing up retribution for yourself on that Day of retribution whenGod's just verdicts wil be made known.
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:	6 He wil repay everyone as their deeds deserve.
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:	7 For those who aimed for glory and honour and immortality by persevering in doing good, there will beeternal life;
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,	8 but for those who out of jealousy have taken for their guide not truth but injustice, there wil be the furyof retribution.
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;	9 Trouble and distress wil come to every human being who does evil -- Jews first, but Greeks as wel ;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:	10 glory and honour and peace will come to everyone who does good -- Jews first, but Greeks as wel .
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.	11 There is no favouritism with God.
12 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;	12 Al those who have sinned without the Law wil perish without the Law; and those under the Law whohave sinned wil be judged by the Law.
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.	13 For the ones that God wil justify are not those who have heard the Law but those who have kept theLaw.
14 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:	14 So, when gentiles, not having the Law, still through their own innate sense behave as the Lawcommands, then, even though they have no Law, they are a law for themselves.
15 Which shew 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;)	15 They can demonstrate the effect of the Law engraved on their hearts, to which their own consciencebears witness; since they are aware of various considerations, some of which accuse them, while others providethem with a defence . . . on the day when,
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.	16 according to the gospel that I preach, God, through Jesus Christ, judges all human secrets.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,	17 If you can cal yourself a Jew, and you real y trust in the Law, and are proud of your God,
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;	18 and know his wil , and tel right from wrong because you have been taught by the Law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,	19 if you are confident that you are a guide to the blind and a beacon to those in the dark,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.	20 that you can teach the ignorant and instruct the unlearned because the Law embodies all knowledgeand all truth-
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?	21 so then, in teaching others, do you teach yourself as wel ? You preach that there is to be no stealing,but do you steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?	22 You say that adultery is forbidden, but do you commit adultery? You detest the worship of objects, butdo you desecrate holy things yourself?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?	23 If, while you are boasting of the Law, you disobey it, then you are bringing God into contempt.
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.	24 As scripture says: It is your fault that the name of God is held in contempt among the nations.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.	25 Circumcision has its value if you keep the Law; but if you go on breaking the Law, you are no morecircumcised than the uncircumcised.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?	26 And if an uncircumcised man keeps the commands of the Law, wil not his uncircumcised state countas circumcision?
27 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?	27 More, the man who, in his native uncircumcised state, keeps the Law, is a condemnation of you, who,by your concentration on the letter and on circumcision, actual y break the Law.
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:	28 Being a Jew is not only having the outward appearance of a Jew, and circumcision is not only avisible physical operation.
29 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.	29 The real Jew is the one who is inwardly a Jew, and real circumcision is in the heart, a thing not of theletter but of the spirit. He may not be praised by any human being, but he wil be praised by God.