Romans 2:1-16
God’s Righteous Judgment
2 You, 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.
2 Now we know that GOD’s judgment against those who do such things is based on TRUTH.
3 So 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?
4 Or 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?
5 But 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.
6 GOD “will
repay each person according to what they have done.”
7 To those who by persistence in
doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, HE will give ETERNAL LIFE.
8 But for those who are self-seeking
and who reject THE
TRUTH and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
9 There will be trouble and distress
for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the
Gentile;
10 but glory, honor and peace for
everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
11 For GOD does not show favoritism.
12 All 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.
13 For 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.
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.
15 They 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.)
16 This will take place on the day
when GOD
judges people’s secrets through JESUS CHRIST, as MY GOSPEL declares.”
