2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2:2 But we are sure that the mishpat of Elohim (אלהים) is according to truth against them which commit such things.
2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the mishpat of Elohim (אלהים)?
2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of Elohim (אלהים) leadeth thee to repentance?
2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the tzadik mishpat of Elohim (אלהים);
2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteouness, indignation and wrath,
2:9 Tzarah (trouble) and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Yehudi first, and also of the Goyim;
2:10 But glory, honour, and shalom, to every man that worketh good, to the Yehudi first, and also to the Goyim:
2:11 For there is no respect of persons with Elohim (אלהים).
2:12 For as many as have sinned without Torah shall also perish without Torah: and as many as have sinned in the Torah shall be judged by the Torah;
2:13 (For not the hearers of the Torah [are] just before Elohim (אלהים), but the doers of the Torah shall be justified.
2:14 For when the Goyim, which have not the Torah, do by nature the things contained in the Torah, these, having not the Torah, are a Torah unto themselves:
2:15 Which shew the work of the Torah written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
2:16 In the day when Elohim (אלהים) shall judge the secrets of men by Yeshua Ha Moshiach according to my good news.
Obeying Elohim (אלהים)'s Torah
2:17 Behold, if you are called by the name " Yehudi ", and rely on the Torah, and boast in Elohim (אלהים),
2:18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the Torah;
2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Torah.
2:21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who proclaim: "Lo Tignov (do not steal), do you steal?
2:22 You who say: "Lo Tinaf" (do not commit adultery), Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, Do you rob temples?
2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the Torah, through breaking the Torah dishonourest thou Elohim (אלהים)?
2:24 For the Name of Elohim (אלהים) is blasphemed among the Goyim through you,
As it is written:
2:25 For Brit Milah truly profiteth, if thou observe the Torah: but if thou be a breaker of the Torah, thy Brit Milah is made uncircumcision.
2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the Tzedek of the Torah, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for brit milah?
2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the Torah, judge thee, who by the letter and brit milah dost transgress the Torah?
2:28 For he is not a Yehudi , which is one outwardly; neither [is that] Brit Milah , which is outward in the flesh:
2:29 But he [is] a Yehudi , which is one inwardly; and Brit Milah [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of Elohim (אלהים).