Romans 2:13

for the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be counted righteous;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 the law, shall perish also without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

14(for when the Gentiles, who have not the law naturally, do the things of the law, these, though not having the law, are a law unto themselves:

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Cross References

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

Luke 10:25And, behold, a certain doctor of the law arose, to make trial of him, saying, Master, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?

Acts 13:39and by this man shall every one who believeth be justified from all things, from which it was not possible that he should 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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