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Romans 2:13

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2:13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.25

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  1. 25 The Greek sentence expresses this contrast more succinctly than is possible in English. Grk “For not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.”

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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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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