{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rom002_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rom002_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rom002_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/rom002.htm","summary":"This is a biblical text \u2014 Romans 2:1\u201329 \u2014 presented in three parallel versions: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage is a rhetorical argument by the Apostle Paul addressed to any person who judges others while committing the same sins, warning that such a person is without excuse before God's impartial judgment. Paul argues that God will repay each person according to their works \u2014 eternal life for those who persist in doing good, wrath and anguish for those who follow unrighteousness \u2014 and that this applies equally to Jews and Gentiles, since God shows no favoritism. A distinctive and pointed claim follows: possessing the Law (the Torah) or the outward mark of circumcision confers no advantage if one breaks the Law, while a Gentile who naturally keeps the Law's requirements will be counted as if circumcised. The passage culminates in the striking redefinition that true Jewishness and true circumcision are inward and spiritual \u2014 a matter of the heart \u2014 rather than ethnic or physical identity, with God rather than people as the proper judge of that condition.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Romans: Romans 2","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1570}