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 glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek. 11For there is no partiality with God. For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous. 14For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

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 whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.
• Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,
• Ezekiel 16:49“‘See here – this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.
• Matthew 11:22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!
• Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
• Luke 12:47That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
• John 19:11Jesus replied, “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
• Acts 17:30Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
• Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
• Romans 4:15For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
• Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
• Romans 8:3For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
• Deuteronomy 27:26‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
• 2 Corinthians 3:7But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets – came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),
• Galatians 2:16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the 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