| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. | 1Therefore, any one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things. |
| 2And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. | 2We know that God's judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth. |
| 3So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? | 3Do you really think--anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same--that you will escape God's judgment? |
| 4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? | 4Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? |
| 5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. | 5But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed. |
| 6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” | 6He will repay each one according to his works: |
| 7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. | 7eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality; |
| 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. | 8but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking and disobey the truth but are obeying unrighteousness; |
| 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek; | 9affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek; |
| 10but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek. | 10but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. |
| 11For God does not show favoritism. | 11There is no favoritism 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. | 12All those who sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law. |
| 13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. | 13For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous. |
| 14Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. | 14So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law. |
| 15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them | 15They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them |
| 16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel. | 16on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. |
| 17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; | 17Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God, |
| 18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; | 18know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law, |
| 19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, | 19and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness, |
| 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— | 20an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of the immature, having the full expression of knowledge and truth in the law-- |
| 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? | 21you then, who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach, "You must not steal"--do you steal? |
| 22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? | 22You who say, "You must not commit adultery"--do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples? |
| 23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? | 23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? |
| 24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” | 24For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. |
| 25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. | 25For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
| 26If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? | 26Therefore if an uncircumcised man keeps the law's requirements, will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision? |
| 27The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker. | 27A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision. |
| 28A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. | 28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh. |
| 29No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God. | 29On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart--by the Spirit, not the letter. That man's praise is not from men but from God. |
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