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Romans 2:13

The lawObedienceJustice

11 For God does not show favoritism.

12 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.

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.

15 So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

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BSB
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.
KJV
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
WEB
For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
ASV
for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:
DARBY
(for not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
BLB
for not the hearers of the law [are] righteous before God; but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.
ÅB
for det er ikke de som hører loven som er rettferdige for Gud. Men de som følger loven skal bli rettferdiggjort.
OTB
For det er ikke de som bare hører Loven som er rettferdige i Guds øyne, men de som handler etter Loven vil bli rettferdiggjort.
B1930
for ikke de som hører loven, er rettferdige for Gud, men de som gjør efter loven, skal bli rettferdiggjort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • James 1:22–25

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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  • 1 John 3:7

    Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

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  • James 2:21–25

    Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

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  • Romans 2:25

    Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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  • Luke 8:21

    But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”

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  • Galatians 2:16

    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.

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  • Galatians 3:11–12

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  • 1 John 2:29

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

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