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11 For God shows no partiality [no arbitrary favoritism; with Him one person is not more important than another].(A)

12 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. 13 For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be [a]justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:13 Because of one’s personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, God graciously credits His righteousness to the believer. Justification denotes a legal standing with God as designated only by God. God declares a believer to be acquitted or innocent, then designates the believer to be brought into right standing before Him.

11 For God does not show favoritism.(A)

12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law(B) will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(C) the law who will be declared righteous.

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