Romans 2:27

²⁷Et iudicabit, quod ex natura est praeputium legem consummans, te, qui per litteram et circumcisionem praevaricator legis es.

Romans 2 is Paul’s devastating dismantling of moral presumption. Having indicted the pagan world in chapter 1, he now turns the courtroom spotlight on the moralist — the Jew, the religious person, the one who nods along at God’s judgment on others. Paul argues that knowledge of God’