2:1 Propter quod inexcusabilis es, o homo omnis qui judicas. In quo enim judicas alterum, teipsum condemnas : eadem enim agis quæ judicas.

2:1 Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou dost the same things which thou judgest.

2:2 Scimus enim quoniam judicium Dei est secundum veritatem in eos qui talia agunt.

2:2 For we know that the judgment of God is, according to truth, against them that do such things.

2:3 Existimas autem hoc, o homo, qui judicas eos qui talia agunt, et facis ea, quia tu effugies judicium Dei ?

2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them who do such things and dost the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

2:4 an divitias bonitatis ejus, et patientiæ, et longanimitatis contemnis ? ignoras quoniam benignitas Dei ad pœnitentiam te adducit ?

2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience and longsuffering? Knowest thou not that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?

2:5 Secundum autem duritiam tuam, et impœnitens cor, thesaurizas tibi iram in die iræ, et revelationis justi judicii Dei,

2:5 But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God:

2:6 qui reddet unicuique secundum opera ejus :

2:6 Who will render to every man according to his works.

2:7 iis quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis, gloriam, et honorem, et incorruptionem quærunt, vitam æternam :

2:7 To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

2:8 iis autem qui sunt ex contentione, et qui non acquiescunt veritati, credunt autem iniquitati, ira et indignatio.

2:8 But to them that are contentious and who obey not the truth but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.

2:9 Tribulatio et angustia in omnem animam hominis operantis malum, Judæi primum, et Græci :

2:9 Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.

2:10 gloria autem, et honor, et pax omni operanti bonum, Judæo primum, et Græco :

2:10 But glory and honour and peace to every one that worketh good: to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

2:11 non enim est acceptio personarum apud Deum.

2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

2:12 Quicumque enim sine lege peccaverunt, sine lege peribunt : et quicumque in lege peccaverunt, per legem judicabuntur.

2:12 For whosoever have sinned without the law shall perish without the law: and whosoever have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.

2:13 Non enim auditores legis justi sunt apud Deum, sed factores legis justificabuntur.

2:13 For not the hearers of the law are just before God: but the doers of the law shall be justified.

2:14 Cum autem gentes, quæ legem non habent, naturaliter ea, quæ legis sunt, faciunt, ejusmodi legem non habentes, ipsi sibi sunt lex :

2:14 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these, having not the law, are a law to themselves.

2:15 qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis, testimonium reddente illis conscientia ipsorum, et inter se invicem cogitationibus accusantibus, aut etiam defendentibus,

2:15 Who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to them: and their thoughts between themselves accusing or also defending one another,

2:16 in die, cum judicabit Deus occulta hominum, secundum Evangelium meum per Jesum Christum.

2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

2:17 Si autem tu Judæus cognominaris, et requiescis in lege, et gloriaris in Deo,

2:17 But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God,

2:18 et nosti voluntatem ejus, et probas utiliora, instructus per legem,

2:18 And knowest his will and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law:

2:19 confidis teipsum esse ducem cæcorum, lumen eorum qui in tenebris sunt,

2:19 Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

2:20 eruditorem insipientium, magistrum infantium, habentem formam scientiæ, et veritatis in lege.

2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law.

2:21 Qui ergo alium doces, teipsum non doces : qui prædicas non furandum, furaris :

2:21 Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest.

2:22 qui dicis non mœchandum, mœcharis : qui abominaris idola, sacrilegium facis :

2:22 Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege:

2:23 qui in lege gloriaris, per prævaricationem legis Deum inhonoras.

2:23 Thou, that makest thy boast of the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest God.

2:24 (Nomen enim Dei per vos blasphematur inter gentes, sicut scriptum est.)

2:24 (For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)

2:25 Circumcisio quidem prodest, si legem observes : si autem prævaricator legis sis, circumcisio tua præputium facta est.

2:25 Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

2:26 Si igitur præputium justitias legis custodiat, nonne præputium illius in circumcisionem reputabitur ?

2:26 If then, the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

2:27 et judicabit id quod ex natura est præputium, legem consummans, te, qui per litteram et circumcisionem prævaricator legis es ?

2:27 And shall not that which by nature is uncircumcision, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

2:28 Non enim qui in manifesto, Judæus est : neque quæ in manifesto, in carne, est circumcisio :

2:28 For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly: nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh.

2:29 sed qui in abscondito, Judæus est : et circumcisio cordis in spiritu, non littera : cujus laus non ex hominibus, sed ex Deo est.

2:29 But he is a Jew that is one inwardly and the circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter: whose praise is not of men, but of God.