Romans 2:15-23
2:15 They
show that the work of the law is written
in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend
them,
2:16 on the day when God will judge
the secrets of human hearts,
according to my gospel
through Christ Jesus.
The Condemnation of the Jew
2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God
2:18 and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,
2:19 and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
2:20 an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth –
2:21 therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
2:22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!