ἀναπολόγητος κ.τ.λ. The consequence of this state of man, being universal, is that there is no excuse for men judging their neighbours. The statement is quite general; but Romans 2:9-11 show that the Apostle is thinking in particular of the Jew’s wholesale condemnation of Gentiles and justification of himself.

κρίνεις … κατακρίνεις, the mere attitude of judgment is a condemnation of thyself; cf. Matthew 7:1 f.; Luke 6:37.

τὸν ἕτερον, thy neighbour or thy fellow-man; cf. Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 10:24, alibi

τὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ πράσσεις, whether you realise it or not—developed, for the Jew, in Romans 2:21 f.

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