Romans 2:1

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The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

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  • Rom 2:3 : 3 And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?
  • 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!” 7 Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.
  • Luke 6:37 : 37 Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
  • John 8:7-9 : 7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground. 9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
  • Matt 7:1-5 : 1 Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. 3 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? 4 Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own? 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 God says this to the evildoer:“How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant? 17 For you hate instruction and reject my words. 18 When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. 19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive. 20 You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.
  • Rom 2:21-23 : 21 therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
  • Matt 23:29-31 : 29 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say,‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 The king said to him,‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?
  • Rom 1:18-20 : 18 The Condemnation of the Unrighteous For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.
  • Rom 2:26-27 : 26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

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  • Rom 2:2-3
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    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

  • Rom 2:12-17
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    12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

    14For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

    15They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

    16on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

    17The Condemnation of the Jew But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

  • Matt 7:1-3
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    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

    2For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

  • Rom 14:4
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    4Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-5
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    3So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

    4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

    5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

  • Rom 2:21-23
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    21therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

    22You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

    23You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

  • Rom 14:12-13
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    12Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

    13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
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    12For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

    13But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

    32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • Luke 12:57
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    57Clear the Debts“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

  • Jas 2:4
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    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Jas 4:11-12
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    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

    12But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge– the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

  • Rom 2:27
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    27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  • Luke 6:37
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    37Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Jas 2:9-13
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    9But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.

    10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

    11For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

    12Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

    13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Rom 2:5-6
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    5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!

    6He will reward each one according to his works:

  • 1 Cor 2:15
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    15The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

  • Rom 3:4-6
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    4Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”

    5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.)

    6Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

  • Rom 1:32
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    32Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Rom 14:22
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    22The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    7The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

  • Rom 2:19
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    19and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”