Romans 2:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

Which

Ephesians 2:12

Do by

Are a law

Romans 2:12

Romans 1:32

Bible References

Which

For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned whilst living under the Law, will be judged by the Law.

What special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or what benefit is to be derived from circumcision?

In times gone by He allowed all the nations to go their own ways;

Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.

Do by

although he is a Gentile by birth, if he scrupulously obeys the Law, shall he not sit in judgement upon you who, possessing, as you do, a written Law and circumcision, are yet a Law-breaker?

because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.

Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.

Are a law

For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned whilst living under the Law, will be judged by the Law.

In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.