Romans 2:13 - Revised Version 1885

for not the hearers of a law are just before God, but the doers of a law shall be justified:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For it is not merely hearing the Law [read] that makes one righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be held guiltless and acquitted and justified.

American Standard Version (1901)

for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

Common English Bible

It isn’t the ones who hear the Law who are righteous in God’s eyes. It is the ones who do what the Law says who will be treated as righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Romans 2:13 Cross References