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Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

For he will render to every man according to his works:

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

For God shows no partiality.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.

By no means! For then how could God judge the world?

What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all; for I have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,

no one understands, no one seeks for God.

For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;

For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.