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Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John
Chapter 2
The Impartial Judgment of God
1  Διὸ ἀναπολόγητος εἶ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε πᾶς ὁ κρίνων· ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίνεις τὸν ἕτερον, σεαυτὸν κατακρίνεις, τὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ πράσσεις ὁ κρίνων. 2  οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τὸ κρίμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ἐπὶ τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντας. 3  λογίζῃ δὲ τοῦτο, ὦ ἄνθρωπε ὁ κρίνων τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντας καὶ ποιῶν αὐτά, ὅτι σὺ ἐκφεύξῃ τὸ κρίμα τοῦ θεοῦ; 4  ἢ τοῦ πλούτου τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀνοχῆς καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας καταφρονεῖς, ἀγνοῶν ὅτι τὸ χρηστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς μετάνοιάν σε ἄγει;
1Therefore, you are without excuse, O man—every one of you who judges. For in the very matter in which you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge are practicing the same things. 2Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. 3But do you suppose this, O man—you who judge those practicing such things while doing them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4Or do you despise the wealth of His kindness, and forbearance, and patience, being ignorant that the kindness of God leads you toward repentance?
5  κατὰ δὲ τὴν σκληρότητά σου καὶ ἀμετανόητον καρδίαν θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ θεοῦ 6  ὃς ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ· 7  τοῖς μὲν καθ' ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν ζωὴν αἰώνιον, 8  τοῖς δὲ ἐξ ἐριθείας καὶ ἀπειθοῦσι τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πειθομένοις δὲ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ ὀργὴ καὶ θυμός.
5But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who will “render to each person according to his works”: 7to those who, by persistence in good work, seek glory, honor, and incorruptibility—eternal life; 8but for those who act out of selfish ambition and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness—there will be wrath and fury.
9  θλῖψις καὶ στενοχωρία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ἀνθρώπου τοῦ κατεργαζομένου τὸ κακόν, Ἰουδαίου τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνος· 10  δόξα δὲ καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι· 11  οὐ γάρ ἐστιν προσωπολημψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ.
9There will be affliction and distress upon every human soul who works evil, to the Jew first and also to the Greek; 10but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no partiality with God.
The Law and the Conscience
12  ὅσοι γὰρ ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται, καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου κριθήσονται· 13  οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ [τῷ] θεῷ, ἀλλ' οἱ ποιηταὶ νόμου δικαιωθήσονται.
12For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and as many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
14  ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου ποιῶσιν, οὗτοι νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος· 15  οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συμμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων, 16  ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρίνει ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
14For whenever Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. 15They show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness with them, and their thoughts between one another accusing or even defending them, 16on the day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.
The Failure of Religious Pretense
17  Εἰ δὲ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ νόμῳ καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ 18  καὶ γινώσκεις τὸ θέλημα καὶ δοκιμάζεις τὰ διαφέροντα κατηχούμενος ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, 19  πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει, 20  παιδευτὴν ἀφρόνων, διδάσκαλον νηπίων, ἔχοντα τὴν μόρφωσιν τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐν τῷ νόμῳ· 21  ὁ οὖν διδάσκων ἕτερον σεαυτὸν οὐ διδάσκεις; ὁ κηρύσσων μὴ κλέπτειν κλέπτεις; 22  ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν μοιχεύεις; ὁ βδελυσσόμενος τὰ εἴδωλα ἱεροσυλεῖς; 23  ὃς ἐν νόμῳ καυχᾶσαι, διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ νόμου τὸν θεὸν ἀτιμάζεις· 24  τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι' ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, {Isaiah 52:5} καθὼς γέγραπται.
17But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God, 18and know His will and approve the things that are superior because you are instructed by the Law; 19and if you are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness, 20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having the very embodiment of knowledge and truth in the Law— 21you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who say not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples? 23You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God through your transgression of the Law? 24For as it is written: “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” {Isaiah 52:5}
Real Circumcision is of the Heart
25  περιτομὴ μὲν γὰρ ὠφελεῖ ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς· ἐὰν δὲ παραβάτης νόμου ᾖς, ἡ περιτομή σου ἀκροβυστία γέγονεν. 26  ἐὰν οὖν ἡ ἀκροβυστία τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου φυλάσσῃ, οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται; 27  καὶ κρινεῖ ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβυστία τὸν νόμον τελοῦσα σὲ τὸν διὰ γράμματος καὶ περιτομῆς παραβάτην νόμου.
25 For circumcision is indeed beneficial if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26If, then, the uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27And the one who is physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the Law, will judge you who—despite having the written code and circumcision—are a transgressor of the Law.
28  οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή, 29  ἀλλ' ὁ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος, καὶ περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι οὐ γράμματι, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ' ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.
28For a Jew is not one who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something outward in the flesh. 29Rather, a Jew is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from men, but from God.