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Therefore you have no excuse ,
O man ,
whoever you are ,
when you judge another ;
for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself ,
because you ,
the judge ,
are doing the very same things .
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We know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who do such things .
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Do you suppose ,
O man ,
that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself ,
you will escape the judgment of God ?
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Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience ?
Do you not know that God '
s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance ?
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But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God '
s righteous judgment will be revealed .
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For he will render to every man according to his works :
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to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality ,
he will give eternal life ;
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but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth ,
but obey wickedness ,
there will be wrath and fury .
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There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil ,
the Jew first and also the Greek ,
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but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good ,
the Jew first and also the Greek .
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For God shows no partiality .
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All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law ,
and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law .
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For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God ,
but the doers of the law who will be justified .
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When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires ,
they are a law to themselves ,
even though they do not have the law .
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They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts ,
while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them
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on that day when ,
according to my gospel ,
God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus .