Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:1And Moses summoned all of Israel, and he said to them: “Listen, O Israel, to the ceremonies and judgments, which I am speaking to your ears on this day. Learn them, and fulfill them in deed.
Deuteronomy 30:12Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.
Matthew 7:21Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 10:25And behold, a certain expert in the law rose up, testing him and saying, “Teacher, what must I do to possess eternal life?”
Acts 13:39In him, all who believe are justified.
Matthew Henry on Romans 2:2-17
Equity of the Divine Government. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and… Read the whole commentary →