Romans 2:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 202113 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. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176913 (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition13 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. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)13 for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; See the chapterCommon English Bible13 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. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version13 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. See the chapter |
yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.