Romans 2:1

And you do those same bad things too. You might try to blame other people, but you are just as bad as them, so if you try to blame them, you really blame yourself.

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In The King James Version

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

In Context

2And, you know, God will judge people that do bad things, and he knows the true story, so he will judge them the right way.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:5David heard that story and got wild with that rich man. He said to Nathan, “I’m telling you straight, and God hears us. That rich man did wrong. Somebody has to punish him. He has to die.

Matthew 7:1Jesus said to the people, “Don’t say to anybody, ‘You are bad,’ and then God will not say to you, ‘You are bad.’

John 8:7Those men kept on asking the same question. So Jesus stood up and said to them, “Have any of you never done anything wrong? That man can go first. He can throw the first stone at her.”

Romans 2:3So if you do the same bad things as the people you blame, God will punish you too.

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:1

The scope of the first two chapters of this epistle may be gathered from ch. iii. 9 , "We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin." This we have proved upon the Gentiles ( ch. i. ), now in this chapter he proves it upon the Jews, as appears by ver. 17 , "thou art called a Jew." I. He proves in general that Jews and Gentiles stand upon the same level before the justice of God, to ver. 11 . II. He shows more particularly what sins the Jews were guilty of, notwithstanding their… Read the whole commentary →

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