Romans 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge.	1 Therefore, you are without excuse, every one of you who passes judgment. For by the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the very same things.
2 For we know that the judgment of God is in accord with truth against those who do such things.	2 We know that the judgment of God on those who do such things is true.
3 But, O man, when you judge those who do such things as you yourself also do, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God?	3 Do you suppose, then, you who judge those who engage in such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?
4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and patience and forbearance? Do you not know that the kindness of God is calling you to repentance?	4 Or do you hold his priceless kindness, forbearance, and patience in low esteem, unaware that the kindness of God would lead you to repentance?
5 But in accord with your hard and impenitent heart, you store up wrath for yourself, unto the day of wrath and of revelation by the just judgment of God.	5 By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God,
6 For he will render to each one according to his works:	6 who will repay everyone according to his works:
7 To those who, in accord with patient good works, seek glory and honor and incorruption, certainly, he will render eternal life.	7 eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works,
8 But to those who are contentious and who do not acquiesce to the truth, but instead trust in iniquity, he will render wrath and indignation.	8 but wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness.
9 Tribulation and anguish are upon every soul of man that works evil: the Jew first, and also the Greek.	9 Yes, affliction and distress will come upon every human being who does evil, Jew first and then Greek.
10 But glory and honor and peace are for all who do what is good: the Jew first, and also the Greek.	10 But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, Jew first and then Greek.
11 For there is no favoritism with God.	11 There is no partiality with God.
12 For whoever had sinned without the law, will perish without the law. And whoever had sinned in the law, will be judged by the law.	12 All who sin outside the law will also perish without reference to it, and all who sin under the law will be judged in accordance with it.
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.	13 For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight of God; rather, those who observe the law will be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature those things which are of the law, such persons, not having the law, are a law unto themselves.	14 For when the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature observe the prescriptions of the law, they are a law for themselves even though they do not have the law.
15 For they reveal the work of the law written in their hearts, while their conscience renders testimony about them, and their thoughts within themselves also accuse or even defend them,	15 They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them
16 unto the day when God shall judge the hidden things of men, through Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.	16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge people's hidden works through Christ Jesus.
17 But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God,	17 Now if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of God
18 and you have known his will, and you demonstrate the more useful things, having been instructed by the law:	18 and know his will and are able to discern what is important since you are instructed from the law,
19 you become confident within yourself that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,	19 and if you are confident that you are a guide for the blind and a light for those in darkness,
20 an instructor to the foolish, a teacher to children, because you have a type of knowledge and truth in the law.	20 that you are a trainer of the foolish and teacher of the simple, because in the law you have the formulation of knowledge and truth--
21 As a result, you teach others, but you do not teach yourself. You preach that men should not steal, but you yourself steal.	21 then you who teach another, are you failing to teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
22 You speak against adultery, but you commit adultery. You abominate idols, but you commit sacrilege.	22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
23 You would glory in the law, but through a betrayal of the law you dishonor God.	23 You who boast of the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24 (For because of you the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles, just as it was written.)	24 For, as it is written, "Because of you the name of God is reviled among the Gentiles."
25 Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.	25 Circumcision, to be sure, has value if you observe the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26 And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as circumcision?	26 Again, if an uncircumcised man keeps the precepts of the law, will he not be considered circumcised?
27 And that which is by nature uncircumcised, if it fulfills the law, should it not judge you, who by the letter and by circumcision are a betrayer of the law?	27 Indeed, those who are physically uncircumcised but carry out the law will pass judgment on you, with your written law and circumcision, who break the law.
28 For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.	28 One is not a Jew outwardly. True circumcision is not outward, in the flesh.
29 But a Jew is he who is so inwardly. And circumcision of the heart is in the spirit, not in the letter. For its praise is not of men, but of God.	29 Rather, one is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not the letter; his praise is not from human beings but from God.