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Therefore you have ^(a)no excuse, ^[a](b)everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which ^(c)you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

And we know that the judgment of God ^[b]rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

But do you suppose this, ^(d)O man, ^[c]when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Or do you think lightly of ^(e)the riches of His ^(f)kindness and ^(g)tolerance and ^(h)patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

But ^[d]because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart ⁽ⁱ⁾you are storing up wrath for yourself ^(j)in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

^(k)who will render to each person according to his deeds :

to those who by ^(l)perseverance in doing good seek for ^(m)glory and honor and ⁽ⁿ⁾immortality, ^(o)eternal life;

but to those who are ^(p)selfishly ambitious and ^(q)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

There will be ^(r)tribulation and distress ^[e]for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew ^(s)first and also of the Greek,

but ^(t)glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew ^(u)first and also to the Greek.

For ^(v)there is no partiality with God.

For all who have sinned ^[f](w)without the Law will also perish ^[g]without the Law, and all who have sinned ^[h]under the Law will be judged ^[i]by the Law;

for it is ^(x)not the hearers ^[j]of the Law who are ^[k]just before God, but the doers ^[l]of the Law will be justified.

For when Gentiles who do not have ^[m]the Law do ^[n](y)instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having ^[o]the Law, are a law to themselves,

in that they show ^(z)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

on the day when, ^(aa)according to my gospel, ^(ab)God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

But if you bear the name "Jew" and ^(ac)rely ^[p]upon the Law and boast in God,

and know His will and ^[q](ad)approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

a ^[r]corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ^[s]the immature, having in the Law ^(ae)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

you, therefore, ^(af)who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who ^[t]preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(ag)rob temples?

You who ^(ah)boast ^[u]in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

For "^(ai) the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles ^(aj) because of you ," just as it is written.

For indeed circumcision is of value if you ^(ak)practice ^[v]the Law; but if you are a transgressor ^[w]of the Law, ^(al)your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

^(am)So if ^(an)the ^[x]uncircumcised man ^(ao)keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

And ^(ap)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not ^(aq)judge you who ^[y]though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor ^[z]of the Law?

For ^(ar)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

But ^(as)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and ^(at)circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the ^(au)Spirit, not by the letter; ^(av)and his praise is not from men, but from God.

Then what ^[a]advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Great in every respect. First of all, that ^(a)they were entrusted with the ^(b)oracles of God.

What then? If ^(c)some ^[b]did not believe, their ^[c]unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

^(d)May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found ^(e)a liar, as it is written, "^(f) That You may be justified in Your words , And prevail when You ^[d] are judged ."

But if our unrighteousness ^[e](g)demonstrates the righteousness of God, ^(h)what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (⁽ⁱ⁾I am speaking in human terms.)

^(j)May it never be! For otherwise, how will ^(k)God judge the world?

But if through my lie ^(l)the truth of God abounded to His glory, ^(m)why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), "⁽ⁿ⁾Let us do evil that good may come"? ^[f]Their condemnation is just.