Romans 2:13

for it is not the hearers of a law who are righteous before God, but the doers of a law will be accounted righteous;—

Noyes Bible

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 have sinned without a law, will also perish without a law; and as many as have sinned under a law, will be judged by a law,

14for when the gentiles, who have no law, do by nature what is required by the Law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;

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Cross References

Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and made known to them my laws, through which the man that keepeth them shall live.

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

Luke 10:25And lo! a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?

Acts 13:39and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not 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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