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2:1  Therefore, you have no excuse—every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.
2:2  Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth.
2:3  So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?
2:4  Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?
2:5  But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
2:6  For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:
2:7  eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;
2:8  but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.
2:9  There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.
2:10  But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who practices doing good, initially for Jews but also for Greeks as well,
2:11  because God does not show partiality.
2:12  For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.
2:13  For it is not merely those who hear the Law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who follow the Law, who will be justified.
2:14  For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law.
2:15  They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them
2:16  on that day when God, through Jesus the Messiah, will judge people's secrets according to my gospel.
2:17  Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,
2:18  and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the Law;
2:19  and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,
2:20  an instructor of ignorant people, and a teacher of infants because you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the Law—
2:21  as you teach others, do you fail to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, do you steal?
2:22  As you forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? As you abhor idols, do you rob temples?
2:23  As you boast about the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?
2:24  As it is written, "God's name is being blasphemed among the gentiles because of you."
2:25  For circumcision is valuable if you observe the Law, but if you break the Law, your having been circumcised has no more value than if you were uncircumcised.
2:26  So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?
2:27  The man who is uncircumcised physically but who keeps the Law will condemn you who break the Law, even though you have the written Law and circumcision.
2:28  For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical.
2:29  No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.