Romans 2:13

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

1770 John Worsley NT

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

14for when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the duties of the law, these though they have not the law, are a law to themselves,

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Cross References

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

Luke 10:25And behold, a lawyer stood up to try Him, and said, Master, what must I do to inherit eternal 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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