Romans · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Romans 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Por eso, tú que juzgas a otros, quienquiera que seas, no tienes excusa. Porque al juzgar a otro, te condenas a ti mismo, ya que tú que juzgas haces las mismas cosas.
1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
2 Sabemos que el juicio de Dios contra los que practican tales cosas es conforme a la verdad.
2 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
3 Y tú, que juzgas a los que hacen estas cosas y haces lo mismo, ¿piensas que escaparás del juicio de Dios?
3 Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
4 ¿O desprecias las riquezas de su bondad, paciencia y tolerancia, sin entender que la bondad de Dios quiere llevarte al arrepentimiento?
4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
5 Pero por tu dureza y por tu corazón que no quiere arrepentirse, estás acumulando ira contra ti mismo para el día de la ira, cuando se revelará el justo juicio de Dios.
5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,
6 Dios pagará a cada uno conforme a sus obras:
6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
7 vida eterna a los que, perseverando en hacer el bien, buscan gloria, honra e inmortalidad;
7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
8 pero ira y enojo a los que son rebeldes, no obedecen a la verdad, sino que obedecen a la injusticia.
8 but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,
9 Habrá tribulación y angustia sobre toda persona que hace lo malo, primero sobre el judío y también sobre el griego.
9 oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
10 Pero habrá gloria, honra y paz para todo el que hace lo bueno, primero para el judío y también para el griego.
10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
11 Porque Dios no hace diferencia entre las personas.
11 For there is no partiality with God.
12 Todos los que pecaron sin tener la Ley, sin la Ley también perecerán; y todos los que pecaron bajo la Ley, por la Ley serán juzgados.
12 For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
13 Porque no son justos delante de Dios los que solo oyen la Ley, sino los que la practican.
13 For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
14 Porque cuando los gentiles, que no tienen la Ley, hacen por naturaleza lo que la Ley manda, ellos, aunque no tienen la Ley, son ley para sí mismos.
14 (for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
15 Ellos muestran que la obra de la Ley está escrita en sus corazones. Su conciencia también da testimonio, y sus pensamientos los acusan o los defienden.
15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
16 Esto se verá en el día en que Dios juzgue los secretos de los hombres por medio de Jesucristo, conforme a mi evangelio.
16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
17 Pero tú, que te llamas judío, confías en la Ley y te glorías en Dios.
17 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
18 Conoces su voluntad y, enseñado por la Ley, sabes distinguir lo que es mejor.
18 know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
19 Estás convencido de que eres guía de los ciegos, luz de los que están en oscuridad,
19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
20 instructor de los que no saben y maestro de niños, porque tienes en la Ley la forma del conocimiento y de la verdad.
20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
21 Tú, pues, que enseñas a otros, ¿no te enseñas a ti mismo? Tú que predicas que no se debe robar, ¿robas?
21 You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?
22 Tú que dices que no se debe cometer adulterio, ¿cometes adulterio? Tú que odias los ídolos, ¿robas en sus templos?
22 You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
23 Tú que te glorías en la Ley, ¿deshonras a Dios al quebrantar la Ley?
23 You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?
24 Porque, como está escrito, el nombre de Dios es blasfemado entre los gentiles por causa de ustedes.
24 For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.
25 La circuncisión tiene valor si obedeces la Ley; pero si quebrantas la Ley, tu circuncisión llega a ser como incircuncisión.
25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26 Entonces, si el incircunciso guarda lo justo que manda la Ley, ¿no será su incircuncisión contada como circuncisión?
26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
27 El que no está circuncidado físicamente, pero cumple la Ley, te juzgará a ti, que tienes la letra de la Ley y la circuncisión, pero quebrantas la Ley.
27 Won’t those who are physically uncircumcised, but fulfill the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
28 Porque no es verdadero judío el que lo es solo por fuera, ni es verdadera circuncisión la que se ve en la carne.
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
29 Más bien, verdadero judío es el que lo es por dentro; y la verdadera circuncisión es la del corazón, hecha por el Espíritu, no solo por la letra. La alabanza de esa persona no viene de los hombres, sino de Dios.
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 6:37; Romans 2:3; John 8:7–9; Romans 2:21–23; Matthew 7:1–5
- 2 Psalm 9:7–8; Zephaniah 3:5; Psalm 145:17; Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 98:9
- 3 Proverbs 16:5; Luke 12:14; Romans 1:32–2:1; Matthew 23:33; Matthew 26:53
- 4 2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 30:18; Exodus 34:6; Titus 3:4–6; Romans 9:22–23
- 5 Ecclesiastes 12:14; Romans 1:18; Romans 2:2–3; Hebrews 3:15; 2 Peter 3:7
- 6 Psalm 62:12; Jeremiah 32:19; Matthew 16:27; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Jeremiah 17:10
- 7 2 Timothy 4:7–8; Luke 8:15; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 2:10–11
- 8 1 Timothy 6:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; John 3:18–21; 1 Peter 4:17; Proverbs 13:10
- 9 1 Peter 4:17; Romans 3:29–30; Romans 1:16; Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 9:24
- 10 Isaiah 32:17; Isaiah 26:12; Numbers 6:26; 1 Peter 1:7; Romans 8:6
- 11 Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 10:34; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Galatians 2:6; Job 34:19
- 12 1 Corinthians 9:21; Galatians 3:10; Romans 2:14–16; Galatians 2:16–19; Acts 17:30–31
- 13 James 1:22–25; 1 John 3:7; James 2:21–25; Romans 2:25; Luke 8:21
- 14 Romans 1:19–20; Romans 2:12; Romans 2:27; Acts 17:30; Acts 10:35
- 15 2 Corinthians 5:11; Romans 1:18–19; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Titus 1:15; 1 Timothy 4:2
- 16 Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Acts 17:31; Acts 10:42; Luke 8:17
- 17 Romans 2:23; Micah 3:11; Isaiah 48:1–2; Revelation 2:9; Romans 9:4–7
- 18 1 Thessalonians 5:21; James 4:17; Deuteronomy 4:8; Philippians 1:10; Hebrews 5:14
- 19 Revelation 3:17–18; Isaiah 5:21; Matthew 6:23; Proverbs 26:12; 1 Corinthians 8:1–2
- 20 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:13; Romans 6:17; 1 Corinthians 3:1
- 21 1 Corinthians 9:27; Matthew 23:3–28; Luke 12:47; Micah 3:11; Titus 2:1–7
- 22 Malachi 3:8; Matthew 12:39; Jeremiah 9:2; Acts 19:37; Malachi 1:8
- 23 James 4:16–17; Romans 2:17; John 5:45; Romans 9:4; Romans 3:2
- 24 Ezekiel 36:20–23; Isaiah 52:5; 2 Peter 2:2; Lamentations 2:15–16; 2 Samuel 12:14
- 25 Galatians 5:3–6; Jeremiah 4:4; Galatians 6:15; Acts 7:51; Deuteronomy 30:6
- 26 Colossians 2:11; 1 Corinthians 7:18–19; Romans 8:4; Ephesians 2:11; Acts 11:3–18
- 27 Matthew 12:41–42; Romans 7:6–8; Romans 8:4; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 2:29
- 28 Galatians 6:15; Matthew 3:9; Revelation 2:9; Romans 9:6–8; Romans 4:10–12
- 29 Deuteronomy 30:6; Philippians 3:3; Deuteronomy 10:16; Colossians 2:11–12; Jeremiah 4:4
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
After saying that the Gentile wanteth nothing appertaining to salvation if he be a doer of the Law, and after making that wonderful comparison, he goes on to set down the glories of the Jews, owing to which they thought scorn of the Gentiles: and first the very name itself, which was of great majesty, as the name Christian is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
Those, on the other hand, who depart from Him, and despise His precepts, and by their deeds bring dishonour on Him who made them, and by their opinions blaspheme Him who nourishes them, heap up against themselves most righteous judgment. He therefore (i.e., the spiritual man) sifts and tries them all, but he himself is tried by no man: he …
And who is this but Thee, our God, the sweetness and well-spring of righteousness, who renderest "to every man according to his deeds," and despisest not "a broken and a contrite heart!"
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For as teaching without doing condemns the teacher (for "thou which teachest another," it is said, "teachest thou not thyself"?) so doing but not guiding others, lessens our reward.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For Jesus the King when about to become our Physician, girded Himself with the linen of humanity, and healed that which was sick. The perfect Teacher of babes became a babe among babes, that He might give wisdom to the foolish.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)