For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law

What then [is] the superiority of the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?

Much in every way! First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

For what manner of nation [is so] great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God [is] in all things in whatsoever we may call upon Him?

He sends His word to Jacob, His ordinances and judgments to Israel.

He has not done so to any [other] nation; and He has not shown them His judgments.

who in the generations having gone by permitted all the Gentiles to walk in their ways.

So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

that at that time you were apart from Christ, being estranged from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope and atheists in the world.

And will not the physically uncircumcised, who fulfills the law, judge you along with your written [code] and circumcision, a transgressor of the law?

Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God has shown [it] to them.

For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both His eternal power and Divinity, so that they are without excuse.

Does not nature itself teach you, that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

Finally, brothers, as many things as are true, as many as are honorable, as many as are just, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely--if there is any virtue and if there is any praise--meditate on these things.

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law

who, having known the righteous judgment of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve of those who practice them.