Romans 2:16-217:217
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p in the day when God will judge the secrets of men q by Jesus Christ, r according to my gospel.
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Indeed s you are called a Jew, and t rest on the law, u and make your boast in God,
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and v know His will, and w approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
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and x are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
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an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, y having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
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z You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
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You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, a do you rob temples?
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You who b make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
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For c "the name of God is d blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written.
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e For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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Therefore, f if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
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And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, g judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law?
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For h he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;
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but he is a Jew i who is one inwardly; and j circumcision is that of the heart, k in the Spirit, not in the letter; l whose praise is not from men but from God.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
Matthew 25:31
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
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John 5:22
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son.
Acts 10:42
And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 17:31
"because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."
Romans 3:6
Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world?
Romans 14:10
But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
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Matthew 3:9
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
John 8:33
They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, 'You will be made free'?
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Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
John 5:45
Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you - Moses, in whom you trust.
Romans 2:23
You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises.
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Isaiah 48:1
Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in truth or in righteousness.
Isaiah 48:2
For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name:
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Deuteronomy 4:8
And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
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Philippians 1:10
That you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ.
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Matthew 15:14
"Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."
John 9:34
They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out.
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2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
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Psalms 50:16
But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth.
Matthew 23:3
Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.
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Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
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Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
John 5:45
Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you - Moses, in whom you trust.
Romans 2:17
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God.
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises.
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Ezekiel 16:27
Behold, therefore, I stretched out My hand against you, diminished your allotment, and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.
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2 Samuel 12:14
"However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here," says the LORD, "That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail," says the LORD, "And My name is blasphemed continually every day.
Ezekiel 36:22
Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
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Genesis 17:10 - 14
This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.
Galatians 5:3
And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
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Acts 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
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Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
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Matthew 3:9
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
John 8:39
They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
Romans 2:17
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God.
Romans 9:6
But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel.
Galatians 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
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1 Peter 3:4
Rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Colossians 2:11
In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.
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Deuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Romans 2:27
And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law?
Romans 7:6
But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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John 5:44
How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
John 12:43
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
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