| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. | 1Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. |
| 2Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. | 2And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things. |
| 3So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? | 3But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? |
| 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? | 4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? |
| 5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. | 5But 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, |
| 6God "will repay each person according to what they have done." | 6who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: |
| 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. | 7to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; |
| 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. | 8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. |
| 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; | 9There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, |
| 10but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. | 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
| 11For God does not show favoritism. | 11For there is no partiality with God. |
| 12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. | 12For 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; |
| 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. | 13for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. |
| 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. | 14For 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, |
| 15They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) | 15in 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, |
| 16This will take place on the day when God judges people's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. | 16on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. |
| 17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; | 17But if you bear the name "Jew " and rely upon the Law and boast in God, |
| 18if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; | 18and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, |
| 19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, | 19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, |
| 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth-- | 20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, |
| 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? | 21you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? |
| 22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? | 22You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? |
| 23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? | 23You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? |
| 24As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." | 24For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written. |
| 25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. | 25For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
| 26So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? | 26So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? |
| 27The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker. | 27And 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? |
| 28A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. | 28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. |
| 29No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person's praise is not from other people, but from God. | 29But 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. |
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