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6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds":
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God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;
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To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
8 but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness--indignation and wrath,
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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;
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There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;
10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
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but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
11 For there is no partiality with God.
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For God does not show favoritism.
12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law
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All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;
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For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves,
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(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)
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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.)
16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
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This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
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