Romans 2:14–24

God Will Judge People Who Are Not Jewish

¹⁴For example, whenever non-Jews who don’t have the laws in Moses’ Teachings do by nature the things that those laws contain, they are a law to themselves even though they don’t have any of those laws. ¹⁵They show that some requirements found in Moses’ Teachings are written in their hearts. Their consciences speak to them. Their thoughts accuse them on one occasion and defend them on another. ¹⁶This happens as they face the day when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge people’s secret thoughts. He will use the Good News that I am spreading to make that judgment. 

God Will Judge Jewish People

¹⁷You call yourself a Jew, rely on the laws in Moses’ Teachings, brag about your God, ¹⁸know what he wants, and distinguish right from wrong because you have been taught Moses’ Teachings. ¹⁹You are confident that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in the dark, ²⁰an instructor of ignorant people, and a teacher of children because you have the full content of knowledge and truth in Moses’ Teachings. ²¹As you teach others, are you failing to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, are you stealing? ²²As you tell others not to commit adultery, are you committing adultery? As you treat idols with disgust, are you robbing temples? ²³As you brag about the laws in Moses’ Teachings, are you dishonoring God by ignoring those laws? ²⁴As Scripture says, “God’s name is cursed among the nations because of you.”