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[1] Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for in that thou judgest another, thou condemnest thy self: for thou that judgest, doest the same things.
[2] But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things.
[3] And thinkest thou this, O thou man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
[4] Or despisest thou the riches of his bountifulness, and patience, and long sufferance, not knowing that the bountifulness of GOD leadeth thee to repentance?
[5] But thou, after thine hardness and heart that cannot repent, heapest unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the declaration of the just judgment of God,
[6] Who will reward every man according to his works:
[7] That is, to them which by continuance in well doing seek glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life:
[8] But unto them that are contentious and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, shall be indignation and wrath.
[9] Tribulation and anguish shall be upon the soul of every man that doeth evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Grecian.
[10] But to every man that doeth good, shall be glory, and honor, and peace, to the Jew first, and also to the Grecian.
[11] For there is no respect of persons with God.
[12] For as many as have sinned without the Law, shall perish also without the Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law, shall be judged by the Law
[13] (For the hearers of the Law are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Law shall be justified.
[14] For when the Gentiles which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, they having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves,
[15] Which show the effect of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing one another, or excusing,)
[16] At the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
[17] Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the Law, and gloriest in God,
[18] And knowest his will, and allowest the things that are excellent, in that thou art instructed by the Law:
[19] And persuadest thy self that thou art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness.
[20] An instructor of them which lack discretion, a teacher of the unlearned, which hast the form of knowledge, and of the truth in the Law.
[21] Thou therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thy self? thou that preachest, A man should not steal, dost thou steal?
[22] Thou that sayest, A man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorest idols, committest thou sacrilege?
[23] Thou that gloriest in the Law, through breaking the Law dishonorest thou God?
[24] For the Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
[25] For circumcision verily is profitable, if thou do the Law: but if thou be a transgressor of the Law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
[26] Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
[27] And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature (if it keep the Law) judge thee, which by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the Law?
[28] For he is not a Jew, which is one outward: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
[29] But he is a Jew which is one within, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
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