Romans 2:13

Easy To Read Version

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. The law makes people right with God only if those people always obey everything the law says.

Cross References

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par

Jeremiah 11:6

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, preach this message in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. This is the message: Listen to the words of this Agreement. {\cf2\super [91]} And then obey those laws.

Ezekiel 20:11

Then I gave them my laws. I told them all my rules. If a person obeys those rules, then he will live.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, when this man finished his prayer and went home, he was right with God. But the Pharisee, {\cf2\super [289]} who felt that he was better than other people, was not right with God. Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”

Luke 8:21

Jesus answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those people that listen to God’s teaching and obey it!”

John 13:17

If you know these things, you will be happy if you do them.

Romans 10:5

Moses writes about being made right by following the law. Moses says, “A person that wants to find life by following these things (the law) must do the things the law says.” {\cf2\super [99]}

Romans 2:25

If you follow the law, {\cf2\super [21]} then your circumcision {\cf2\super [22]} has meaning. But if you break the law, then it is like you were never circumcised.

Romans 3:20

Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

Romans 3:23

All people have sinned and are not good enough for God’s glory.

Romans 3:30

There is only one God. He will make Jews {\cf2\super [30]} right with him by their faith. And he will also make non-Jews {\cf2\super [31]} right with him through their faith.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I don’t know of any wrong that I have done. But that does not make me innocent (without guilt). The Lord is the One who judges me.

Galatians 2:16

We know that a person is not made right with God by following the law. {\cf2\super [18]} No! It is trusting in Jesus Christ that makes a person right with God. So we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, because we wanted to be made right with God. And we are right with God because we trusted in Christ—not because we followed the law. \{This is true\} because no person can be made right with God by following the law.

Galatians 5:4

If you try to be made right with God through the law, then your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace (kindness).

Deuteronomy 4:1

“Now, Israel, listen to the laws and to the commands that I teach you. Obey them and you will live. Then you can go in and take the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:1

Moses called together all the people of Israel and said to them, “People of Israel, listen to the laws and rules that I tell you today. Learn these laws and be sure to obey them.

Deuteronomy 6:3

People of Israel, listen carefully and obey these laws. Then everything will be fine with you. You will have many children, and you will get the land filled with many good things [35] —just like the Lord, the God of your ancestors, [36] promised.

James 1:27

The kind of religion (worship) that God accepts is this: caring for orphans {\cf2\super [2]} or widows {\cf2\super [3]} who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s \{evil\} influence. This is the kind of religion (worship) that God accepts as pure and good.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God’s children.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, don’t let any person lead you into the wrong way. Christ is righteous (good). To be good like Christ, a person must do what is right (good).