Romans 2:14

Easy To Read Version

(The non-Jews don’t have the law. But when they naturally do things that the law commands without even knowing the law, then they are their own law. This is true even though they don’t have the written law.

Cross References

Acts 10:35

And God accepts any person who worships him and does what is right. It is not important what country a person comes from.

Acts 14:16

In the past, God let all the nations do what they wanted.

Acts 17:30

In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells every person in the world to change his heart and life.

Romans 1:32

Those people know God’s law. They know God’s law says that people who live like that should die. But they continue to do those wrong things. And they say that people who do those things are doing right.

Romans 2:12

People that have the law {\cf2\super [14]} and people that have never heard of the law are all the same when they sin. People that don’t have the law and are sinners will be lost. And, in the same way, people that have the law and are sinners will be judged by the law.

Romans 2:15

They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, the same as the law commands. And those people also show this by the way they feel about right and wrong. Sometimes their thoughts tell them that they did wrong, and this makes them guilty. And sometimes their thoughts tell them that they did right, and this makes them not guilty.)

Romans 2:27

You Jews have the written law and circumcision, but you break the law. So the people that are not circumcised in their bodies, but still obey the law, will show that you people are guilty.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Even nature itself teaches you that wearing long hair is shameful for a man.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those that are without the law I became like a person that is without the law. I did this to help save those people that are without the law. (But really, I am not without God’s law—I am ruled by the law of Christ.)

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. {\cf2\super [11]} And you did not have the agreements {\cf2\super [12]} with the promise \{that God made to his people\}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past, all of us lived like those people. We lived trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We were \{evil\} people. We should have suffered God’s anger because of the way we were. We were the same as all other people.

Deuteronomy 4:7

“The Lord our God is near when we ask him to help us. No other nation has a god like that!

Philippians 4:8

Brothers and sisters, continue to think about the things that are good and worthy of praise. Think about the things that are true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected.