Romans 2:13

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Romans 2:13

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

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Bible References

For not

For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

'And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.

And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, 'Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day, and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them.

And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, in the land flowing with milk and honey.

It is not in the heavens, -- saying, Who doth go up for us into the heavens, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it -- that we may do it.

And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them.

And thou, son of man, the sons of thy people who are speaking about thee, By the walls, and in openings of the houses, Have spoken one with another, each with his brother, Saying: Come in, I pray you, And hear what is the word that cometh out from Jehovah.

'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

and he answering said unto them, 'My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

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wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

for Moses doth describe the righteousness that is of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,'

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, 'Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because 'The righteous by faith shall live;'

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yes, also of nations; since one is God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before God;

And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?