Romans 2:19-27

¹⁹You're absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are a light to those in the dark.

²⁰You think you can set ignorant people straight, a teacher of “children,” because you know from the law all the truth there is to know.

²¹So if you're busy teaching others, why don't you teach yourself? You tell people not to steal, but are you stealing?

²²You tell people not to commit adultery, but are you committing adultery? You tell people not to worship idols, but do you profane temples?

²³You boast about having the law, but don't you misrepresent God by breaking it?

²⁴As Scripture says, “God's character is defamed among the foreigners because of you.”

²⁵Being circumcised has value only if you do what the law says. But if you break the law, your circumcision is as worthless as those who are not circumcised at all.

²⁶If a man who is not circumcised keeps the law, he should be considered as being circumcised even though he's not.

²⁷The uncircumcised foreigners who keep the law will condemn you if you break the law, even though you have the written law and circumcision.