Romans 2
2
1For in that you pass judgment on the other, you condemn yourself; for you practice the very things on which you pass judgment.
2And we have da'as that the judgment of Hashem HaShofet#2:2 Ro 1:32 against those who practice such things is in accordance with HaEmes Hashem.#2:2 Ro 1:25
3You, sir, you who pass judgment on those who practice such things and yet do the same yourself, do you suppose then that you will escape the Mishpat Hashem?
4Or do you think lightly of the wealth of his nedivut (generosity) and of his chesed and of his being ERECH APAYIM (slow of anger, forbearing)#2:4 Ex 34:6 and of his savlanut (patience), disregarding the fact that the Chesed Hashem (the kindness of G-d) is to lead you to teshuva?#2:4 Ps 19:7 [8]
5As a result of your KESHI#2:5 Dt 9:27 (stubbornness, hardness) and your levavot without teshuva, you are storing up for yourself Charon Af Hashem (the burning anger of G-d) in the Yom Af (the Day of Wrath),#2:5 i.e., the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment. See Ps 110:5 when will be revealed the Mishpat HaTzedek of Hashem,
6Who will render L'ISH K'MA'A'SEI HU#2:6 Ps 62:12 [13] (to each according to his works).
7To those who, by savlanut (patience), persevere in doing hatov (the good), seek for kavod (glory) and honor and incorruptibility,#2:7 Ps 16:10 He will give Chayyei Olam (Eternal Life).
8But to those who are self-seeking and who have no mishma'at (obedience) to HaEmes Hashem,#2:8 Ro 1:25 but instead have mishma'at to resha, there will be Charon Af Hashem and fury.
9There will be affliction and distress on every living neshamah who brings about what is rah (evil), Yehudi above all and Yevani (Greek) as well.
10But tiferet and kavod and shalom to everyone who brings about what is tov (good), Yehudi above all and Yevani as well.
11For ki ein masso panim im Hashem (there is no partiality with Hashem).
12For as many as have committed averos and sinned lacking the Torah shall also perish lacking the Torah; and as many as have committed averos (sin) under the Torah shall be condemned under the Torah.
13For it is not the Shomei HaTorah (hearers of the Law of Moshe Rabbeinu) who are the tzaddikim who are accounted to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM (justified with G-d).#2:13 Job 25:4 It is the Shomrei HaTorah (the keepers of the Torah) who will be counted to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM.
14For when non-Jews#2:14 Ro 11:13 who have not a Torah, may do by nature#2:14 See 2Kgs 1:4 what the Torah requires,#2:14 see Ro 8:4 they not having a Torah are a gezetz (law) for themselves,
15In that they demonstrate the Torah at work,#2:15 Jer 31:33; Ro 8:4; 2C 5:17 the Torah written in their levavot, their matzpun#2:15 Ac 24:16 (conscience) also bearing witness,#2:15 Ro 9:1 while their thoughts bring accusation#2:15 Ga 2:11 or even make defense#2:15 2C 7:11 among themselves,
16In the Yom#2:16 HaDin (Day of Judgment) when, according to my Besuras HaGeulah, Hashem, through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, is to judge the secrets of kol Bnei Adam (all men).
17But if you are called by the name Yehudi (Jew) and rely on the Torah and boast in Hashem,#2:17 T.N. Contra Ro 3:20; 4:2
18And have da'as of His will and approve the things that matter, being instructed from the Torah,
19And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,
20A rabbinic moreh (teacher) of the foolish, a melammed (instructor) of the young, having the embodiment of da'as (knowledge) and Emes#2:20 Ro 1:25 in the Torah…
21You, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach LO TIGNOV#2:21 Ex 20:15 (Do not steal!), do you steal?
22You who say, LO TINAF#2:22 Ex 20:14 (Do not commit adultery!), do you commit adultery? You who abhor elilim (idols), do you rob pagan temples?
23You who boast#2:23 Ro 4:2; Lk 17:10 in Torah,#2:23 Ro 2:29; 3:20; Ga 2:15-21 through deviating from the Torah, you commit Chillul Hashem.
24As it is written, Among the Goyim KOL HAYOM HASHEM HAELOHIM MINNO'ATZ#2:24 Isa 52:5 (All the day long the Name of G-d is being blasphemed) because of you.
25For the milah (circumcision) is an asset#2:25 T.N. contra Ac 21:21 if you stand in mishma'at (obedience) to the Torah. But if#2:25 See Ga 5:2-4; Dt 27:26 you are mefir (violator) of the Torah,#2:25 2:23 your milah (circumcision) has become “orlah” (uncircumcision).
26If then the ben Adam without milah who is shomer fulfilling the just requirements of the Torah,#2:26 T.N. see Ro 8:4 will not his orlah (uncircumcision) be counted as “milah”?
27And the naturally uncircumcised ben Adam who has mishma'at (obedience) to the Torah#2:27 T.N. Ro 2:15 will arise as a judgment on you. You! The very one who through chumra (stringency, strict adherence to the letter of the law) and circumcision#2:27 i.e., uncircumcision, see Ro 2:25 are the transgressor#2:27 Ro 7:22-23; Jn 7:19 of Torah!
28For the true Yehudi (Jew) is not the one [humanly] perceived as such, nor true milah that which is performed visibly in the flesh;
29The true Yehudi is so in [Hashemʼs] hidden way, and true milah is of the lev, in the [hitkhadshut (renewal) of the] Ruach Hakodesh,#2:29 Jn 3:3 not in [chumra (stringency, boasting of zokheh in machmir meritorious strict)] letter. He has y'hodeh (praise)#2:29 Yehudah, yadah praise…see Gn 29:35 that comes not from Bnei Adam but from Hashem.#2:29 T.N. Jer 31:31-34
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Romans 2
2
The Impartiality of God
1Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. 2And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things. 3But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? 4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? 5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who will render to each person according to his deeds: 7to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; 8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. 9There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no partiality with God.
12For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; 13for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. 14For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, 15in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, 16on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.
The Jew Is Condemned by the Law
17But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God, 18and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, 19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, 21you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? 22You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? 24For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.
25For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? 28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
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