{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/romans/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T10:37:09.033Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Romans","bookSlug":"romans","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who judgest, for in that in which thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those who do such things."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And thinkest thou this, O man, who judgest those that do such things, and practisest them thyself, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"who shall render to each according to his works:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"but glory and honour and peace to every one that works good, both to Jew first and to Greek:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"for there is no acceptance of persons with God."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For as many as have sinned without law shall perish also without law; and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For when those of the nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing themselves between themselves;)"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But if thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"thou that sayest man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations, according as it is written."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"If therefore the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"and uncircumcision by nature, fulfilling the law, judge thee, who, with letter and circumcision, art a law-transgressor?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"but he is a Jew who is so inwardly; and circumcision, of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 2 (DBT)","markdown":"[Romans 2](https://primebible.com/dbt/romans/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/romans/2 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}