Romans 2:12-29

New King James Version

¹² For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law ¹³ (for ^(A)not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; ¹⁴ for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, ¹⁵ who show the ^(B)work of the law written in their hearts, their ^(C)conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) ^16 (D)in the day when God will judge the secrets of men ^(E)by Jesus Christ, ^(F)according to my gospel.

The Jews Guilty as the Gentiles

^17 [a]Indeed ^(G)you are called a Jew, and ^(H)rest^[b] on the law, ^(I)and make your boast in God, ¹⁸ and ^(J)know His will, and ^(K)approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, ¹⁹ and ^(L)are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, ^(M)having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. ^21 (N)You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? ²² You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, ^(O)do you rob temples? ²³ You who ^(P)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? ²⁴ For ^(Q)“the name of God is ^(R)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

Circumcision of No Avail

^25 (S)For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ²⁶ Therefore, ^(T)if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? ²⁷ And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, ^(U)judge you who, even with your ^[c]written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? ²⁸ For ^(V)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; ²⁹ but he is a Jew ^(W)who is one inwardly; and ^(X)circumcision is that of the heart, ^(Y)in the Spirit, not in the letter; ^(Z)whose ^[d]praise is not from men but from God.