Romans 2:1

You are therefore without excuse, O man, whoever you are who sit in judgement upon others. For when you pass judgement on your fellow man, you condemn yourself; for you who sit in judgement upon others are guilty of the same misdeeds;

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 we know that God's judgement against those who commit such sins is in accordance with the truth.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1"Judge not, that you may not be judged;

Luke 6:37"Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; pardon, and you shall be pardoned;

John 8:7When however they persisted with their question, He raised His head and said to them, "Let the sinless man among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

Romans 2:3And you who pronounce judgement upon those who do such things although your own conduct is the same as theirs--do you imagine that you yourself will escape unpunished when God judges?

Romans 2:26In the same way if an uncircumcised man pays attention to the just requirements of the Law, shall not his lack of circumcision be overlooked, and,

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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