others who do them.
002:001 You are therefore without excuse, O man, whoever you are who
sit in judgement upon others. For when you pass judgement
on your fellow man, you condemn yourself; for you who sit
in judgement upon others are guilty of the same misdeeds;
002:002 and we know that God's judgement against those who commit
such sins is in accordance with the truth.
002:003 And you who pronounce judgement upon those who do such
things although your own conduct is the same as theirs--
do you imagine that you yourself will escape unpunished
when God judges?
002:004 Or is it that you think slightingly of His infinite goodness,
forbearance and patience, unaware that the goodness of God
is gently drawing you to repentance?
002:005 The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart
you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day
of Anger--the day when the righteousness of God's judgements
will stand revealed.
002:006 To each man He will make an award corresponding to his actions;
002:007 to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing,
are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life
of the Ages;
002:008 while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey
the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury,
affliction and awful distress,
002:009 coming upon the soul of every man and woman who deliberately
does wrong--upon the Jew first, and then upon the Gentile;
002:010 whereas glory, honour and peace will be given to every one
who does what is good and right--to the Jew first and then
to the Gentile.