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Romans 2:12
12For as many as have sinned without law shall perish also without law; and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law,
Romans 2:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law
Context of Romans 2:12
10but glory and honour and peace to every one that works good, both to Jew first and to Greek: 11for there is no acceptance of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall perish also without law; and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law, 13(for not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14For when [those of the] nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;
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Ὅσοι γὰρ ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται· καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου κριθήσονται·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 2:12
- Romans 2:14For when [those of the] nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;
- Romans 1:18For there is revealed wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety, and unrighteousness of men holding the truth in unrighteousness.
- Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Matthew 11:22But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.
- Luke 10:12I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.
- Luke 12:47But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
- John 19:11Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has [the] greater sin.
- Acts 17:30God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
- Romans 2:16in [the] day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.
- Romans 4:15For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] transgression.
- Romans 7:7What shall we say then? [is] the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
- Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,
- Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them! And all the people shall say, Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 3:7(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, [a glory] which is annulled;
- Galatians 2:16but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.
Commentaries on Romans 2:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12For as many as have sinned without law, etc. - They, viz. the Gentiles, who shall be found to have transgressed against the mere light of nature, or rather, that true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world, John 1:9, shall not come under the same rule with those, the Jews, who have in addition to this enjoyed an extraordinary revelation; but they shall be dealt with according to the inferior dispensation, under which they lived: while…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For - This is used to give a reason for what he had just said, or to show on what principles God would treat man, so as not to be a respecter of persons. As many - Whosoever. This includes all who have done it, and evidently has respect to the Gentile world. It is of the more importance to remark this, because he does not say that it is applicable to a few only, or to great and incorrigible instances of pagan wickedness, but it is a universal, sweeping…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Perish: This common New Testament word describes the final outcome of the wicked after judgment (see also 9:22; 14:15; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 15:18; 2 Corinthians 2:15; 4:3; Philippians 1:28; 3:19; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:9). It refers to complete ruin and loss under God’s judgment. all … under the law: The Jews received the law of Moses, while the Gentiles (non-Jewish people) never had God’s written law. In the New Testament period, Jews saw…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. For as many as have sinned--not "as many as have sinned at all," but, "as many as are found in sin" at the judgment of the great day (as the whole context shows). without law--that is, without the advantage of a positive Revelation. shall also perish without law--exempt from the charge of rejecting or disregarding it. and as many as have sinned in the law--within the pale of a positive, written Revelation. shall be judged by the law--tried and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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