1Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. (撒下12:5; 太7:2; 约8:7; 羅1:20)2We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.3Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?4Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? (出34:6; 赛30:18; 羅3:25; 羅9:22; 羅9:23; 羅10:12; 彼后3:9; 彼后3:15; 启2:21)5But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. (申32:34; 诗110:5; 雅5:3)6He will render to each one according to his works: (伯34:11; 诗62:12; 箴24:12; 耶17:10; 耶32:19; 太16:27)7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; (路8:15)8but for those who are self-seeking[1] and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. (帖后2:12)9There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, (结18:20; 彼前4:17)10but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. (赛57:19; 羅1:16)11For God shows no partiality. (徒10:34)
God’s Judgment and the Law
12For 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. (林前9:21)13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. (雅1:22)14For 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. (羅1:19)15They 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 (耶31:33)16on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. (传12:14; 徒10:42; 徒17:31; 羅3:6; 羅14:10; 羅16:25; 林前4:5; 加1:11; 提前1:11; 提后2:8)17But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God (弥3:11; 约5:45; 羅2:23; 羅9:4)18and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;19and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, (伯29:15; 太15:14; 太23:16; 约9:39)20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— (路11:52; 加4:19; 提后1:13; 提后3:5)21you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? (诗50:16; 太15:1; 太23:3)22You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? (玛3:8; 徒19:37)23You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. (玛1:6; 羅2:17; 羅3:27)24For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” (撒下12:14; 赛52:5; 结36:20; 结36:23; 彼后2:2)25For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. (加5:3)26So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded[2] as circumcision? (羅1:32; 羅3:30; 羅8:4; 弗2:11)27Then he who is physically[3] uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code[4] and circumcision but break the law. (太12:41; 羅2:29; 羅7:6; 林后3:6)28For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. (羅2:17; 羅9:6; 加6:15)29But 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. (申10:16; 申30:6; 耶4:4; 徒7:51; 林后10:18; 加1:10; 腓3:3; 西2:11; 帖前2:4; 彼前3:4)