Romans 2:14-29
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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, |
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who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) |
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in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. |
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Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, |
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and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, |
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and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, |
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an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. |
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You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? |
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You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? |
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You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? |
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For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written. |
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For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
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Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? |
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And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? |
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For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; |
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but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. |