Romans 2:13

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

12For as many as sinned without law shall also perish without law; and as many as sinned with law shall be judged by law;

14for when Gentiles, who have no law, do by nature the things required by law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 10:25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Acts 13:39and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.

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 →

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