Romans 2:12

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.
• 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
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it.

Context of Romans 2:12

10but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. 11For God shows no partiality. 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. 13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 14For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

Romans 2:12 word by word

Ὅσοι γὰρ ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται· καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου κριθήσονται·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• as many asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• have sinnedἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• without lawἀνόμωςanomōs · without lawG460
• shallἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• shall be judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223

Cross-references for Romans 2:12

• Romans 2:14For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
• Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
• Matthew 11:22But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
• Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
• Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
• John 19:11Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin."
• Acts 17:30The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
• Romans 2:16on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
• Romans 4:15For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
• Romans 7:7What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."
• Romans 8:3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
• Deuteronomy 27:26"'Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• 2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,
• Galatians 2:16yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will 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

Topics related to Romans 2:12

• Gentiles
• God Continued...
• Judgment
• Respect of Persons

In the dictionaries

• Accuse
• Boast
• Continuance
• Doer
• Excuse
• Fall of man
• Forbearance
• Judgment, The final
• Resurrection of the dead
• Sure

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