[2:12] For 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.
[2:13] For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
[2:14] For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
[2:15] They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
[2:16] on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
[2:17] But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
[2:18] and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;
[2:19] and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
[2:20] an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
[2:21] you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
[2:22] You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
[2:23] You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.
[2:24] For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
[2:25] For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
[2:26] So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
[2:27] Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
[2:28] For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
[2:29] But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.