But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.
Romans 2:12 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. American Standard Version (1901) For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; Common English Bible Those who have sinned outside the Law will also die outside the Law, and those who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. Catholic Public Domain Version For whoever had sinned without the law, will perish without the law. And whoever had sinned in the law, will be judged by the law. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For whosoever have sinned without the law, shall perish without the law; and whosoever have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law. |
But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.
But I tell you it will be worse for you in the day of judgment than for Sodom.”
Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the man who gave me to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
Jesus was given to you, and you killed him. With the help of bad men you nailed Jesus to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. This was God’s plan. God made this plan long ago.
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.
Why? Because the law can only bring God’s anger \{when the law is not obeyed\}. But if there is no law, then there is nothing to disobey.
The law {\cf2\super [61]} was without power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to condemn (destroy) sin.
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.)
But people who depend on following the law \{to make them right\} are under a curse. Why? Because the Scriptures say, “A person must do all the things that are written in the law. {\cf2\super [28]} If he does not always obey, then that person is under a curse!” {\cf2\super [29]}
But this is not true, because the Scriptures {\cf2\super [42]} showed that all people are bound by sin. Why did the Scriptures do this? So that the promise would be given to people through faith. The promise is given to people who believe in Jesus Christ.
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does not support this law and agree to obey it.’
And you might follow all of God’s law. But if you fail to obey only one command, then you are guilty of breaking all the commands in that law.