The Barrd said:
You really ought to read the entire chapter.
Rom 2:12 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;
Rom 2:13 For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
You posted; "
You admit that you do sin. I admit that I do sin. Well and good.
Now tell me, Richard, please...what is sin?
-----------Sins of the flesh are still sins of the flesh. The law shows us what sin is. Sin is placing self above others. All those church people that block the egress of those behind them by engaging in conversations at the door way when the service is over are committing sin. They are placing themselves first. But they do not see it.
You should take your own advice and read the whole chapter. Paul is giving an example to show the difference between those who were trying to get his (Paul's) converts to go back under the law. "hearers of the law without doing the works of the law" is what the Jews were doing and Paul was showing his converts that mankind can not do the law.
Rom 2:1-3
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herefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
3 And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
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Rom 2:17-23
17 Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God,
18 and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
21 You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
22 You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
23 You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
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Rom 3:20-24
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
God's Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now the righteousness of God ""apart from the law""" is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, """"to all and on all who believe.""" For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified """freely""" by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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THE ONLY SIN THAT CONDEMNS A PERSON IN THIS AGE OF GOD'S GRACE IS THE SIN OF UNBELIEF. If a person does not believe Jesus' blood paid for all their sins then they do not believe in what He did on the cross.
You can not change what I believe in and I know you will never believe what I write. Have fun.