the basis of the article’s presence or absence.26 Context is a surer guide. So, for example, in the first mention of “law” in Romans, it is clear enough that 2:17, 23a, and 25 refer to the law of Moses (despite nomos lacking the article). And the same must apply in 2:12–14, even though it could be argued that Paul deliberately speaks simply of “law” precisely because he wants to claim that (some) Gentiles have sufficient knowledge of what God has laid down in the Torah (without having “the law”).