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Romans 2:13–14

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13For it is anot the hearers 1of the Law who are 2just before God, but the doers 3of the Law will be justified.

14For when Gentiles who do not have 1the Law anaturally do the things of the Law, these, not having 2the Law, are a law to themselves,

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or of law
  2. 2Or righteous
  3. 3Or of law
  4. 1Or law
  5. 2Or law

Cross references

  1. aMatt 7:21, 24ff; John 13:17; James 1:22f, 25
  2. aActs 10:35; Rom 1:19; 2:15

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. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

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. (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified. So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

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. Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it.

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. For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, although they do not have the law, are a law to themselves,

KJV 1900King James Version

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: