Romans 2:9-19

⁹Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

¹⁰But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

¹¹For one man is not different from another before God.

¹²All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;

¹³For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

¹⁴For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;

¹⁵Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

¹⁶In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.

¹⁷But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

¹⁸And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,

¹⁹In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,