should be obvious that Paul has Christian Gentiles in mind in verses 12-15. He says that those in view have the Law “written on their hearts” (v. 15), indicating regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Similarly Paul says to the Corinthians, “You are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts” (2 Corinthians 3:3). He describes them in Romans 2:26-29 as those “who keep the requirements of the law” and