Polyglot Bible: Romans: Romans 2

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This is a biblical text — Romans 2:1–29 — 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 — eternal life for those who persist in doing good, wrath and anguish for those who follow unrighteousness — 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 — a matter of the heart — rather than ethnic or physical identity, with God rather than people as the proper judge of that condition.

Polyglot Bible: Romans: Romans 2

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