But see, here you are miskated
Romans 1 was written to gentiles
Romans 2 adresses jews.. Not gentiles
17 Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God,
Paul was calling out jews for boasting in their keeping the law and Judging gentiles.
No, the letter addresses the Roman Church, in the which are Jews and Gentiles.
The occasion is the Jews had been ousted by the govt, and were returning to find Gentiles filling their Church, thus there were problems, and the Jews were boasting in their Jewishness, and looking down on their Gentile brothers, so Paul warns them.
You still have not answered according to scripture though
You don't know anything about Scripture, so you
think I didn't.
You need to read something before you try to discuss Scripture.
You don't know anything about Scripture.
Thank you. So he was talking to Jews not gentiles.
Jewish believers had to have their pride tamped down by pointing out that Gentile believers were doing a better job at ACTUALLY PERFORMING the righteousness which the Jews boasted about
KNOWING about (through the Law), and, so, he went about undercutting their faith in their Jewish pedigree, their physical circumcision, and their possessing the written Law--whereas the Gentile believers are "circumcised in the heart by the Spirit" (v29), and have the Law written on the heart.
His point was "not just knowing the Law, but doing the Law, will justify you--your Jewishness won't help you".
Yes. But do we love perfectly? If not. can we keep the law as required by God?
At this point, you're just arguing against Paul, who teaches only doers of the Law will be justified. That's not my problem, that's yours.
Moreover, yes, if God works His works in us, then that is God at work, not us, so, yes, we can love as God loves. If you disagree, you're questioning God's power.
THAT'S the question I was asking
Romans 8:4 we fulfill the righteous requirement of the Law