Romans 2:12
10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
11 For God does not show favoritism.
All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
14 Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- KJV
- For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
- WEB
- For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
- ASV
- For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;
- DARBY
- For as many as have sinned without law shall perish also without law; and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law,
- BLB
- For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law,
- ÅB
- Alle som syndet uten loven, skal også gå fortapt uten loven, og alle som syndet under loven, skal dømmes ved loven;
- OTB
- Alle som har syndet uten Loven vil også møte ødeleggelse uten Loven, og alle som har syndet under Loven vil bli dømt av Loven.
- B1930
- alle som syndet uten loven, skal også gå fortapt uten loven, og alle som syndet under loven, skal dømmes ved loven;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
Read in contextGalatians 3:10
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Read in contextRomans 2:14–16
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
Read in contextGalatians 2:16–19
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Read in contextActs 17:30–31
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Read in contextRomans 7:7–11
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Read in contextRomans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
Read in contextRomans 1:32
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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