7. He will give everlasting life to those who search for glory, honor, and immortality by persisting in doing what is good. But he will bring
8. anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong.
9. There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well.
10. But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every person who does what is good, for Jews first and Greeks as well.
11. God does not play favorites.
12. Here’s the reason: Whoever sins without having the laws in Moses’ Teachings will still be condemned to destruction. And whoever has these laws from God and sins will still be judged by them.
13. People who merely listen to the laws in Moses’ Teachings don’t have God’s approval. Rather, people who do what those laws demand will have God’s approval.
14. For example, whenever non-Jews who don’t have the laws in Moses’ Teachings do by nature the things that those laws contain, they are a law to themselves even though they don’t have any of those laws.
15. They show that some requirements found in Moses’ Teachings are written in their hearts. Their consciences speak to them. Their thoughts accuse them on one occasion and defend them on another.
16. This happens as they face the day when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge people’s secret thoughts. He will use the Good News that I am spreading to make that judgment.
17. You call yourself a Jew, rely on the laws in Moses’ Teachings, brag about your God,