¹² Indeed, all people who have sinned without law will also perish without law, and all the people who have sinned in connection with law will be judged by law. ¹³ For it is not those who hear the law who will be righteous in God’s sight, but those who do the law who will be declared righteous.

¹⁴ In fact, whenever Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires—even though they do not have the law—they are a law for themselves. ¹⁵ They demonstrate the work of the law that is written in their hearts, since their conscience also bears witness as their thoughts go back and forth, at times accusing or at times even defending them.

¹⁶ This will happen on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge people’s secrets through Jesus Christ.