Romans 2:13-26

¹³(for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

¹⁴for whenever Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, these, not having the law, are a law unto themselves,

¹⁵who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing with them, and among themselves their thoughts accuse or even defend them),

¹⁶in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.

¹⁷Behold, you are called a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,

¹⁸and know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law,

¹⁹and are convinced that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,

²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

²¹You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

²²You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

²³You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the law?

²⁴For “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

²⁵For indeed circumcision profits if you keep the law; but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

²⁶Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?