Romans 2:12-24

12For all who sin without the law will also perish without the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

13For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.

14So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

15They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them

16on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

17Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,

18and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

19and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

20an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and truth in the law —

21you then, who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach, “You must not steal” — do you steal?

22You who say, “You must not commit adultery” — do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?

23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

24For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.