1 Portanto, és indesculpável, ó homem, quando julgas, quem quer que sejas; porque, no que julgas a outro, a ti mesmo te condenas; pois praticas as próprias coisas que condenas. 2 Bem sabemos que o juízo de Deus é segundo a verdade contra os que praticam tais coisas. 3 Tu, ó homem, que condenas os que praticam tais coisas e fazes as mesmas, pensas que te livrarás do juízo de Deus? 4 Ou desprezas a riqueza da sua bondade, e tolerância, e longanimidade, ignorando que a bondade de Deus é que te conduz ao arrependimento? 5 Mas, segundo a tua dureza e coração impenitente, acumulas contra ti mesmo ira para o dia da ira e da revelação do justo juízo de Deus, 6 que retribuirá a cada um segundo o seu procedimento: 7 a vida eterna aos que, perseverando em fazer o bem, procuram glória, honra e incorruptibilidade; 8 mas ira e indignação aos facciosos, que desobedecem à verdade e obedecem à injustiça. 9 Tribulação e angústia virão sobre a alma de qualquer homem que faz o mal, ao judeu primeiro e também ao grego; 10 glória, porém, e honra, e paz a todo aquele que pratica o bem, ao judeu primeiro e também ao grego. 11 Porque para com Deus não há acepção de pessoas.

12 Assim, pois, todos os que pecaram sem lei também sem lei perecerão; e todos os que com lei pecaram mediante lei serão julgados. 13 Porque os simples ouvidores da lei não são justos diante de Deus, mas os que praticam a lei hão de ser justificados. 14 Quando, pois, os gentios, que não têm lei, procedem, por natureza, de conformidade com a lei, não tendo lei, servem eles de lei para si mesmos. 15 Estes mostram a norma da lei gravada no seu coração, testemunhando-lhes também a consciência e os seus pensamentos, mutuamente acusando-se ou defendendo-se, 16 no dia em que Deus, por meio de Cristo Jesus, julgar os segredos dos homens, de conformidade com o meu evangelho.

17 Se, porém, tu, que tens por sobrenome judeu, e repousas na lei, e te glorias em Deus; 18 que conheces a sua vontade e aprovas as coisas excelentes, sendo instruído na lei; 19 que estás persuadido de que és guia dos cegos, luz dos que se encontram em trevas, 20 instrutor de ignorantes, mestre de crianças, tendo na lei a forma da sabedoria e da verdade; 21 tu, pois, que ensinas a outrem, não te ensinas a ti mesmo? Tu, que pregas que não se deve furtar, furtas? 22 Dizes que não se deve cometer adultério e o cometes? Abominas os ídolos e lhes roubas os templos? 23 Tu, que te glorias na lei, desonras a Deus pela transgressão da lei? 24 Pois, como está escrito, o nome de Deus é blasfemado entre os gentios por vossa causa.

25 Porque a circuncisão tem valor se praticares a lei; se és, porém, transgressor da lei, a tua circuncisão já se tornou incircuncisão. 26 Se, pois, a incircuncisão observa os preceitos da lei, não será ela, porventura, considerada como circuncisão? 27 E, se aquele que é incircunciso por natureza cumpre a lei, certamente, ele te julgará a ti, que, não obstante a letra e a circuncisão, és transgressor da lei. 28 Porque não é judeu quem o é apenas exteriormente, nem é circuncisão a que é somente na carne. 29 Porém judeu é aquele que o é interiormente, e circuncisão, a que é do coração, no espírito, não segundo a letra, e cujo louvor não procede dos homens, mas de Deus.

1 Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. 2 And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things. 3 And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 who will render to every man according to his works: 7 to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life: 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; 10 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: 11 for there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; 13 for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; 14 (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves; 15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them); 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

17 But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God, 18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, 20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth; 21 thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples? 23 thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written. 25 For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. 26 If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision? 27 and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

1 You, therefore, have no excuse, 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.

2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

3 So 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?

4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

6 God "will repay each person according to what they have done." [^1]

7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;

10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

11 For God does not show favoritism.

12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.

15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

16 This will take place on the day when God judges people's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,

20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth —

21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

24 As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." [^2]

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.

26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?

27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the "written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person's praise is not from other people, but from God.