| I. THE STATEMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE |
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VERSES 2:12-13 |
| A. For the Gentiles: |
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| 1. The Person: |
For all who have sinned without the Law |
(12a) |
| 2. The Result: |
will also perish without the Law, |
(12b) |
| B. For the Jew |
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| 1. The Person: |
and all who have sinned under the Law |
(12c) |
| 2. The Result: |
will be judged by the Law; |
(12d) |
| 3. The Reason: |
for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. |
(13) |
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| II. THE EXPLANATION OF THE PRINCIPLE |
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VERSES 2:14-24 |
| A. For the Gentile |
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| 1. The Person: |
For when Gentiles who do not have the Law |
(14a) |
| 2. Their Condition: |
do instinctively the things of the Law, |
(14b) |
| 3. The Result: |
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| a. The Statement: |
these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, |
(14c) |
| b. The Explanation |
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| (1) The Witnesses: |
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| (a) Implanted Law: |
in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, |
(15a) |
| (b) Conscience: |
their conscience bearing witness |
(15b) |
| (c) Conscience: |
their conscience bearing witness |
(15b) |
| (2) The Judgment Day: |
and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, |
(15c) |
| B. For the Jew: |
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| 1. Their Boasts: |
But if you bear the name “Jew” |
(17a) |
| a. Having the Law: |
and rely upon the Law |
(17b) |
| b. Boast in God: |
and boast in God, |
(17c) |
| c. Knowledge: |
and know His will |
((18a)) |
| d. Discernment |
and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, |
(18b) |
| e. A Guide: |
and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, |
(19a) |
| f. A Light: |
a light to those who are in darkness, |
(19b) |
| g. A Corrector: |
a corrector of the foolish, |
(20a) |
| h. A Teacher: |
a teacher of the immature, |
(20b) |
| i. Truth and Knowledge: |
having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, |
(20c) |
| 2. Their Failure: (THEN) |
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| a. First Example: |
you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? |
(21a) |
| b. Second Example: |
You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? |
(21b) |
| c. Third Example: |
You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? |
(22a) |
| d. Fourth Example: |
You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? |
(22b) |
| e. Fifth Example: |
You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? |
(23) |
| 3. The Result |
For “THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU,” just as it is written. (Isaiah 52:5) |
(24) |
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| III. THE CASE OF CIRCUMCISION |
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VERSES 2:25-29 |
| A. For the Jew: |
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| 1. The Positive Case: |
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| a. THEN: |
For indeed circumcision is of value |
(25a) |
| b. IF: |
if you practice the Law; |
(25b) |
| 2. The Negative Case: |
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| a. IF: |
but if you are a transgressor of the Law, |
(25c) |
| b. THEN: |
your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
(25d) |
| B. For the Gentile: |
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| 1. First: |
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| a. First: |
So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, |
(26a) |
| b. THEN: |
will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? |
(26b) |
| 2. Second: |
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| a. IF: |
And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, |
(27a) |
| b. THEN: |
will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? |
(27b) |
| C. True Jewishness and Circumcision: |
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| 1. Not Outward Appearance: |
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| a. Jewishness: |
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, |
(28a) |
| b. Circumcision: |
nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. |
(28b) |
| 2. But Inward Reality: |
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| a. Jewishness: |
But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; |
(29a) |
| b. Circumcision: |
and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; |
(29b) |
| c. Praise: |
and his praise is not from men, but from God. |
(29c) |