13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;

13 Hearing the law does not make people right with God. It is those who obey the law who will be right with him.

13 for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

13 (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

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. 

13 For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

13 Hearing the law does not make a person right with God. People are considered to be right with God only when they obey the law.