Romans 2:14
12 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;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
- WEB
- (for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
- ASV
- (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;
- DARBY
- For when [those of the] nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;
- BLB
- For when Gentiles, not having the law, may do by nature the things of the law, these not having a law are a law to themselves,
- ÅB
- For når hedningene – som ikke har loven – av naturen gjør det loven befaler, så er de lov for seg selv, selv om de ikke har loven.
- OTB
- Ja, når hedninger, som ikke har Loven, av naturen gjør det som Loven krever, er de en lov for seg selv, selv om de ikke har Loven.
- B1930
- For når hedningene, som ikke har loven, av naturen gjør det loven byder, da er disse, som dog ikke har loven, sig selv en lov;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 1:19–20
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Read in contextRomans 2:12
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;
Read in contextRomans 2:27
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
Read in contextActs 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Read in contextActs 10:35
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Read in contextPsalms 147:19–20
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Read in contextEphesians 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Read in contextRomans 3:1–2
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
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