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.
• 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 there will be glory, honor, and peace for every person who does what is good, for Jews first and Greeks as well. 11God does not play favorites. Here’s the reason: Whoever sins without having the laws in Moses’ Teachings will still be condemned to destruction. And whoever has these laws from God and sins will still be judged by them. 13People who merely listen to the laws in Moses’ Teachings don’t have God’s approval. Rather, people who do what those laws demand will have God’s approval. 14For example, whenever non-Jews who don’t have the laws in Moses’ Teachings do by nature the things that those laws contain, they are a law to themselves even though they don’t have any of those laws.

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 example, whenever non-Jews who don’t have the laws in Moses’ Teachings do by nature the things that those laws contain, they are a law to themselves even though they don’t have any of those laws.
• Romans 1:18God’s anger is revealed from heaven against every ungodly and immoral thing people do as they try to suppress the truth by their immoral living.
• Ezekiel 16:49This is what your sister Sodom has done wrong. She and her daughters were proud that they had plenty of food and had peace and security. They didn’t help the poor and the needy.
• Matthew 11:22I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
• Luke 10:12I can guarantee that judgment day will be easier for Sodom than for that city.
• Luke 12:47“The servant who knew what his master wanted but didn’t get ready to do it will receive a hard beating.
• John 19:11Jesus answered Pilate, “You wouldn’t have any authority over me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. That’s why the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
• Acts 17:30“God overlooked the times when people didn’t know any better. But now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act.
• Romans 2:16This happens as they face the day when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge people’s secret thoughts. He will use the Good News that I am spreading to make that judgment.
• Romans 3:19We know that whatever the Scriptures say applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God.
• Romans 4:15The laws in Moses’ Teachings bring about anger. But where those laws don’t exist, they can’t be broken.
• Romans 7:7What should we say, then? Are the laws in Moses’ Teachings sinful? That’s unthinkable! In fact, I wouldn’t have recognized sin if those laws hadn’t shown it to me. For example, I wouldn’t have known that some desires are sinful if Moses’ Teachings hadn’t said, “Never have wrong desires.”
• Romans 8:3It is impossible to do what God’s standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.
• Deuteronomy 27:26“Whoever doesn’t obey every word of these teachings will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
• 2 Corinthians 3:7The ministry that brought death was inscribed on stone. Yet, it came with such glory that the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face. His face was shining with glory, even though that glory was fading.
• Galatians 2:16Yet, we know that people don’t receive God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God’s approval by faith in Christ and not by our own efforts. People won’t receive God’s approval by their own efforts.

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
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• Continuance
• Doer
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• 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