Romans 2:13

Weymouth NT

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

Cross References

Luke 18:14

»I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted.«

Luke 8:21

»My mother and my brothers,« He replied, »are these who hear God's Message and obey it.«

John 13:17

If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

Acts 13:39

and in Him every believer is absolved from all offences, from which you could not be absolved under the Law of Moses.«

Romans 10:5

Moses says that he whose actions conform to the righteousness required by the Law shall live by that righteousness.

Romans 2:25

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you obey the Law; but if you are a Law-breaker, the fact that you have been circumcised counts for nothing.

Romans 3:20

For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:23

for all alike have sinned, and all consciously come short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:30

unless you can deny that it is one and the same God who will pronounce the circumcised to be acquitted on the ground of faith, and the uncircumcised to be acquitted through the same faith.

1 Corinthians 4:4

Though I am not conscious of having been in any way unfaithful, yet I do not for that reason stand acquitted; but He whose scrutiny I must undergo is the Lord.

Galatians 2:16

know that it is not through obedience to Law that a man can be declared free from guilt, but only through faith in Jesus Christ. We have therefore believed in Christ Jesus, for the purpose of being declared free from guilt, through faith in Christ and not through obedience to Law. For through obedience to Law no human being shall be declared free from guilt.

Galatians 5:4

Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace.

James 1:27

The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.

1 John 2:29

Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous.