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13 for not the hearers of the law are [a]just before God, but the doers of the law shall be [b]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 [c]their [d]thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them);

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:13 Or, righteous
  2. Romans 2:13 Or, accounted righteous: and so elsewhere.
  3. Romans 2:15 Or, their thoughts accusing or else excusing them one with another
  4. Romans 2:15 Or, reasonings. 2 Cor. 10:5

13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(A) the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,(B) 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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