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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 it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

14 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves,

15 which shows the work of the law written in their hearts,their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts between accusing and excusing one another.)

16 Thus will it be on the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.

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12 For as many as [a]have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as [b]have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; 13 for not the hearers of the law are [c]just before God, but the doers of the law shall be [d]justified; 14 (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; 15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and [e]their [f]thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them); 16 in the day when God [g]shall judge the secrets of men, according to my [h]gospel, by Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:12 Greek sinned.
  2. Romans 2:12 Greek sinned.
  3. Romans 2:13 Or, righteous
  4. Romans 2:13 Or, accounted righteous: and so elsewhere.
  5. Romans 2:15 Or, their thoughts accusing or else excusing them one with another
  6. Romans 2:15 Or, reasonings. 2 Cor. 10:5
  7. Romans 2:16 Or, judgeth
  8. Romans 2:16 See marginal note on 1:1.