Romans 2:13

God's Judgment And The Law

¹² All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law. ¹³ It is not those who hear the words of a Law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous. ¹⁴ When Gentiles, who have no Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they, though they have no Law, are a Law to themselves;

Before God

Hearers of the Law

In the Sight of God

Jesus Christ

Law of Moses

With God

Christ

Jesus

Moses

No

Sin

Matthew 7:21-27

Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

Luke 8:21

His reply, spoken to them all, was: "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and do what it bids."

Luke 10:25-29

Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

Luke 18:14

This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Acts 13:39

And that, in union with him, every one who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the Law of Moses you could not be absolved.

Romans 2:25

Circumcision has its value, if you are obeying the Law. But, if you are a breaker of the Law, your circumcision is no better than uncircumcision.

Romans 3:20

For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

Romans 3:23

For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal,

Romans 3:30

Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is only one God, and he will pronounce those who are circumcised righteous as the result of faith, and also those who are uncircumcised on their showing the same faith.

Romans 4:2-5

If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.

Romans 10:5

For Moses writes that, as for the righteousness which results from Law, 'those who practice it will find Life through it.'

Galatians 2:16

So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience 'will not result in even one soul's being pronounced righteous.'

Galatians 3:11-12

Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read--'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.'

Galatians 5:4

You have severed yourselves from Christ--you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.

James 1:22-25

Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves.

James 2:21-25

Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?

1 John 2:29

Knowing him to be righteous, you realize that every one who lives righteously has received the new Life from him.

1 John 3:7

My Children, do not let any one mislead you. He who lives righteously is righteous--as Christ is righteous.