13 For the hearers of the law(A) are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.[a] 14 So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law,(B) do[b] what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the work of the law[c] is written on their hearts.(C) Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:13 Or acquitted
  2. 2:14 Or who do not have the law, instinctively do
  3. 2:15 The code of conduct required by the law
  4. 2:15 Internal debate, either in a person or among the pagan moralists

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