2You, therefore, have no excuse,^l you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.^m ²Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? ⁴Or do you show contempt for the richesⁿ of his kindness,^o forbearance^p and patience,^q not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?^r

⁵But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath^s, when his righteous judgment^t will be revealed. ⁶God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^a^u ⁷To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor^v and immortality,^w he will give eternal life.^x ⁸But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,^y there will be wrath and anger.^z ⁹There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:^a first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;^b ¹⁰but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.^c ¹¹For God does not show favoritism.^d

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Footnotes

a Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

Cross references

l Ro 1:20
m 2 Sa 12:5–7; See Mt 7:1, 2
n Ro 9:23; 11:33; Eph 1:7, 18; 2:7; 3:8, 16; Col 2:2
o Ro 11:22
p Ro 3:25
q Ex 34:6; Ro 9:22; 1 Ti 1:16; 1 Pe 3:20; 2 Pe 3:15
r 2 Pe 3:9
s Ps 110:5; Rev 6:17
t Jude 6
u Ps 62:12; See Mt 16:27
vver 10
w 1 Co 15:53, 54; 2 Ti 1:10
xSee Mt 25:46
y 2 Th 2:12
z Eze 22:31
a Ps 32:10
bver 10; Ro 1:16
cver 9; Ro 1:16
dSee Ac 10:34