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Romans 2:13

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

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  1. zJames 1:22, 23, 25. So Matt. 7:21. Acts 10:35. 1 John 2:29. & 3:7, 10.
  2. aSee Luke 18:14.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.