14 So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law,(A) do[a] 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[b] is written on their hearts.(B) Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them[c]

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Footnotes

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

14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,(A) they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

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