Romans 2:14–22

¹⁴For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, although they^* do not have the law, are a law to themselves, ¹⁵who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts one after another accusing or even defending them ¹⁶on the day when God judges the secret things of people, according to my gospel, through^c Christ Jesus.

Jews also Condemned by the Law

¹⁷But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God ¹⁸and know his will and approve the things that are superior, because you^* are instructed by the law, ¹⁹and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, ²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law. ²¹Therefore, the one who teaches someone else, do you not teach yourself? The one who preaches not to steal, do you steal? ²²The one who says not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one who abhors idols, do you rob temples?