¹ Wherefore, inexcusable, thou art, O man, whoever judgest; for, wherein thou judgest some one else, thyself, thou dost condemn,—for, the very things, thou dost practise, who art judging:

² We know, however, that, the sentence of God, is according to truth against them who, such things as these, do practise.

³ And reckonest thou this, O man—who dost judge them who such things do practise, and yet art doing the same, that, thou, shalt escape the sentence of God?

⁴ Or, the riches of his kindness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise,—not knowing that, the kindness of God, unto repentance, is leading thee?

⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,—

⁶ Who will render unto each one according to his works:—

⁷ Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age-abiding,

⁸ Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath,

⁹ tribulation and anguish—against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek,—

¹⁰ But glory and honour and peace—unto every one who worketh what is good, both unto Jew first and unto Greek:

¹¹ For there is no respect of persons with God;—

¹² For, as many as without law sinned, without law, also shall perish, and, as many as within law sinned, through law, shall be judged;

¹³ For, not the hearers of law, are righteous with God, but, the doers of law, shall be declared righteous;

¹⁴ For, whensoever the nations which have not law, by nature, the things of the law, may be doing, the same, not having law, unto themselves, are a law,—

¹⁵ Who, indeed, shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience therewith bearing witness, and, between one another, their reasonings accusing—or, even excusing, them:—

¹⁶ In the day on which God judgeth the secrets of men according to my glad-message through Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ If, however, thou, art taking the name of Jew, and resting thyself upon law, and boasting in God,

¹⁸ And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ—when receiving oral instruction out of the law,

¹⁹ Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art—a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

²⁰ A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law,—

²¹ Thou, therefore, that art teaching someone else, thyself, art thou not teaching? Thou that proclaimest—Do not steal! Art thou, stealing?

²² That sayest—Do not commit adultery! Art thou, committing adultery? That abhorrest sacrilege, Art thou, robbing temples?

²³ That in law dost boast, Through the transgression of the law, art thou dishonouring God?

²⁴ For the name of God, because of you, is defamed among the nations,—even as it is written.

²⁵ For, circumcision, indeed, profiteth—if, law, thou be practising; but, if thou be a transgressor of law, thy circumcision, hath become, uncircumcision

²⁶ If then, the uncircumcision, be guarding the righteous requirement of the law, shall not, his uncircumcision, as circumcision be reckoned?—

²⁷ And the uncircumcision by nature, completing the law, shall judge, thee, who, notwithstanding letter and circumcision, art a transgressor of law!

²⁸ For, not he who is one in appearance, is a Jew, nor is, that which is such in appearance in flesh, circumcision;

²⁹ But, he who is one in secret, is a Jew,—and, [that is], circumcision, which is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter,—whose, praise, is not of men, but of God.