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12 All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under 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 it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God's sight, but the doers of the law who 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 When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively what the law requires, these, though 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 They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, to which their own conscience also bears witness; and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse 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 on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts of all.
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This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God
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Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
18 and know his will and determine what is best because you are instructed in the law,
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if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
19 and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
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if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,
20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth,
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an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
21 you, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
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you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
22 You that forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You that abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
23 You that boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
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You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24 For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
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As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
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