Romans:2

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* Do you judge another people ? You your-selves have done wrong things . So when you judge others , you judge yourselves , because you do the same things . You judge them and yet you do the same things . * We know that God judges people who do such things . And he judges them by what is true . * Man , you judge people who do such things and yet you do them yourself . Do you think that God will not judge you ? * Or do you not respect him for being kind , very patient , and for waiting a long time ? Do you not know that God is kind , and he wants to lead you away from doing wrong things ? * But your hearts are hard . You will not stop . That is why God will be angry with you . He will be angry on the day when people will see that he judges in the right way . * He will pay every man for what he has done . * He will give life for ever to people who keep on doing good . These people want to have glory and honour from God , and to live for ever . * But God will be very angry with the people who think of themselves first before others . They do not obey what is right . They do wrong things . * Every one who does what is wrong will have much trouble and a hard time . This will happen to the Jews first , then to those who are not Jews . * And every one who does what is good , will be made great . He will have honour and peace . This will happen to the Jews first and then to those who are not Jews . * God does not love some people more than others . * All those who do not know the law &lt ;FI &gt ;of God given to Moses &lt ;Fi &gt ; and did what was wrong , will die . But they will not be judged by the law . All those who know the law and did what was wrong will be judged by the law . * (God does not say people are good because they have heard the law . But people who obey the law will be called good people . * Some people do not have the law . But they do what the law says because their own hearts tell them to . They have a law of their own , even though they do not know the law . * They show that the law is written in their hearts . They know what is right to do and what is wrong to do . Their own thoughts tell them they have done what is wrong or what is not wrong .) * This will be on the day when God judges the things men have kept secret . Jesus Christ will be the judge . That is part of the good news I tell people . * But you call yourselves Jews . You believe the law . You are proud of your God . * You know what he wants people to do . You know the thoughts that are good because you have been taught the law . * You are sure that you can lead people who are like blind men . You are like a light for people who are in the dark . * You are sure that you can tell foolish people what is right . You can teach people who are like children . You know what you need to know and you know what is true because you have the law . * You teach another person . Do you not teach yourself ? You say people must not steal . Do you steal ? * You say people must not commit adultery . Do you commit adultery ? You hate idols . Do you steal things from the houses of idols ? * You are proud that you have the law . Do you break the law , and in that way show you do not honour God ? * The holy writings say , People who are not Jews say wrong things about the name of God . They do it because of what you Jews do . * Circumcision of the body is a good thing if you obey the law . But if you break the law , you are like a man who has not been circumcised with this mark of the Jew . * So if a man who has not been circumcised obeys the law , will he not be like a man who has been circumcised ? * Some people have not been circumcised , but they obey the law . They will show that you should be punished . You have the written law and you have been circumcised , and yet you break the law . * If a person is a Jew only on the outside , he is not really a Jew . And true circumcision is not something that is done on the outside of the body . * If a person is a Jew inside , he is really a Jew . It is God who praises him , not people . True circumcision is done in the heart . It is in the spirit , not in the body . Such people are not praised ; but God praises them .

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