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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 2

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Romans 2 NASB - New American Standard BibleRomans 2 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 2 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Therefore you have 1no excuse, [a]2everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which 3you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
  2. And we know that the judgment of God [b]rightly falls upon those who practice such things.
  3. But do you suppose this, 4O 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?
  4. Or do you think lightly of 5the riches of His 6kindness and 7tolerance and 8patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
  5. But [d]because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart 9you are storing up wrath for yourself 10in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
  6. 11who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:
  7. to those who by 12perseverance in doing good seek for 13glory and honor and 14immortality, 15eternal life;
  8. but to those who are 16selfishly ambitious and 17do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
  9. There will be 18tribulation and distress [e]for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew 19first and also of the Greek,
  10. but 20glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew 21first and also to the Greek.
  11. For 22there is no partiality with God.
  12. ¶ For all who have sinned [f]23without 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;
  13. for it is 24not the hearers [j]of the Law who are [k]just before God, but the doers [l]of the Law will be justified.
  14. For when Gentiles who do not have [m]the Law do [n]25instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having [o]the Law, are a law to themselves,
  15. in that they show 26the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
  16. on the day when, 27according to my gospel, 28God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.
  17. ¶ But if you bear the name “Jew” and 29rely [p]upon the Law and boast in God,
  18. and know His will and [q]30approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,
  19. and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
  20. a [r]corrector of the foolish, a teacher of [s]the immature, having in the Law 31the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,
  21. you, therefore, 32who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who [t]preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?
  22. You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you 33rob temples?
  23. You who 34boast [u]in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?
  24. For “35THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES 36BECAUSE OF YOU,” just as it is written.
  25. ¶ For indeed circumcision is of value if you 37practice [v]the Law; but if you are a transgressor [w]of the Law, 38your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
  26. 39So if 40the [x]uncircumcised man 41keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
  27. And 42he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not 43judge you who [y]though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor [z]of the Law?
  28. For 44he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.
  29. But 45he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and 46circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the 47Spirit, not by the letter; 48and his praise is not from men, but from God.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit O man, everyone who
  2. ^ Lit is according to truth against
  3. ^ Lit who passes judgment
  4. ^ Or in accordance with
  5. ^ Lit upon
  6. ^ Or without law
  7. ^ Or without law
  8. ^ Or under law
  9. ^ Or by law
  10. ^ Or of law
  11. ^ Or righteous
  12. ^ Or of law
  13. ^ Or law
  14. ^ Lit by nature
  15. ^ Or law
  16. ^ Or upon law
  17. ^ Or distinguish between the things which differ
  18. ^ Or instructor
  19. ^ Lit infants
  20. ^ Or proclaim
  21. ^ Or in law
  22. ^ Or law
  23. ^ Or of law
  24. ^ Lit uncircumcision
  25. ^ Lit through the letter
  26. ^ Or of law

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ro 1:20
  2. ^ Lu 12:14; Ro 2:3; 9:20
  3. ^ 2Sa 12:5-7; Mt 7:1; Lu 6:37; Ro 14:22
  4. ^ Lu 12:14; Ro 2:1; 9:20
  5. ^ Ro 9:23; 11:33; 2Co 8:2; Eph 1:7, 18; 2:7; Pp 4:19; Col 1:27; 2:2; Ti 3:6
  6. ^ Ro 11:22
  7. ^ Ro 3:25
  8. ^ Ex 34:6; Ro 9:22; 1Ti 1:16; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 3:9, 15
  9. ^ De 32:34f; Pr 1:18
  10. ^ Ps 110:5; 2Co 5:10; 2Th 1:5; Jd 6
  11. ^ Ps 62:12; Pr 24:12; Mt 16:27
  12. ^ Lu 8:15; Heb 10:36
  13. ^ Ro 2:10; Heb 2:7; 1Pe 1:7
  14. ^ 1Co 15:42, 50, 53f; Eph 6:24; 2Ti 1:10
  15. ^ Mt 25:46
  16. ^ 2Co 12:20; Ga 5:20; Pp 1:17; 2:3; Jm 3:14, 16
  17. ^ 2Th 2:12
  18. ^ Ro 8:35
  19. ^ Ac 3:26; Ro 1:16; 1Pe 4:17
  20. ^ Ro 2:7; Heb 2:7; 1Pe 1:7
  21. ^ Ro 2:9
  22. ^ De 10:17; Ac 10:34
  23. ^ Ac 2:23; 1Co 9:21
  24. ^ Mt 7:21, 24ff; Jn 13:17; Jm 1:22f, 25
  25. ^ Ac 10:35; Ro 1:19; 2:15
  26. ^ Ro 2:14, 27
  27. ^ Ro 16:25; 1Co 15:1; Ga 1:11; 1Ti 1:11; 2Ti 2:8
  28. ^ Ac 10:42; 17:31; Ro 3:6; 14:10
  29. ^ Mc 3:11; Jn 5:45; Ro 2:23; 9:4
  30. ^ Pp 1:10
  31. ^ Ro 3:31; 2Ti 1:13
  32. ^ Mt 23:3ff
  33. ^ Ac 19:37
  34. ^ Mc 3:11; Jn 5:45; Ro 2:17; 9:4
  35. ^ Is 52:5; Eze 36:20ff
  36. ^ 2Pe 2:2
  37. ^ Ro 2:13f, 27
  38. ^ Je 4:4; 9:25f
  39. ^ 1Co 7:19
  40. ^ Ro 3:30; Eph 2:11
  41. ^ Ro 2:25, 27; 8:4
  42. ^ Ro 3:30; Eph 2:11
  43. ^ Mt 12:41
  44. ^ Jn 8:39; Ro 2:17; 9:6; Ga 6:15
  45. ^ Pp 3:3; Col 2:11
  46. ^ De 30:6
  47. ^ Ro 2:27; 7:6; 2Co 3:6
  48. ^ Jn 5:44; 12:43; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 10:18

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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