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Romans 2:13

Verse 13 of 29. The 2nd of 16 chapters in Romans, in The Letters of Paul.

9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

11For there is no respect of persons with God.

12For 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.

14For 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:

15Which 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;)

16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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Romans 2:13 in the World English Bible

For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
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Matthew Henry on Romans 2:13

The Jews prided themselves very much in the law; but, to confirm what he had said, the apostle shows (v. 13) that their having, and hearing, and knowing the law, would not justify them, but their doing it. The Jewish doctors bolstered up their followers with an opinion that all that were Jews, how bad soever they lived, should have a place in the world to come.

Read Matthew Henry on Romans 2:1–16: Equity of the Divine Government. (a. d. 58.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.