13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.[a] 14 For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, although they[b] do not have the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts one after another accusing or even defending them

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:13 Or “will be justified”
  2. Romans 2:14 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as concessive