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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Romans 2 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Romans 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/1.htm" title="Romans 1">◄</a> Romans 2 <a href="../romans/3.htm" title="Romans 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/romans/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">God’s Judgment of Sin</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And we know that God, in his justice, will punish anyone who does such things. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Since you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He will judge everyone according to what they have done. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For God does not show favoritism.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.</p><p class="hdg">The Jews and the Law</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You know what he wants; you know what is right because you have been taught his law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You are convinced that you are a guide for the blind and a light for people who are lost in darkness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that God’s law gives you complete knowledge and truth.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You say it is wrong to commit adultery, but do you commit adultery? You condemn idolatry, but do you use items stolen from pagan temples?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>No wonder the Scriptures say, “The Gentiles blaspheme the name of God because of you.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The Jewish ceremony of circumcision has value only if you obey God’s law. But if you don’t obey God’s law, you are no better off than an uncircumcised Gentile. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And if the Gentiles obey God’s law, won’t God declare them to be his own people? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>In fact, uncircumcised Gentiles who keep God’s law will condemn you Jews who are circumcised and possess God’s law but don’t obey it.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> from God, not from people.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">also for the Greek;</span><span class="ft"> also in 2:10.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">do you steal from temples?</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:24 </span><span class="ft">Isa 52:5 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">receives praise.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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