Romans 2:12,17
Romans 2:12-13 The Message (MSG)
If you sin without knowing what you’re doing, God takes that into account. But if you sin knowing full well what you’re doing, that’s a different story entirely. Merely hearing God’s law is a waste of your time if you don’t do what he commands. Doing, not hearing, is what makes the difference with God.
Romans 2:17-24 The Message (MSG)
If you’re brought up Jewish, don’t assume that you can lean back in the arms of your religion and take it easy, feeling smug because you’re an insider to God’s revelation, a connoisseur of the best things of God, informed on the latest doctrines! I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God’s revealed Word inside and out, feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God. While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? I’m quite serious. While preaching “Don’t steal!” are you going to rob people blind? Who would suspect you? The same with adultery. The same with idolatry. You can get by with almost anything if you front it with eloquent talk about God and his law. The line from Scripture, “It’s because of you Jews that the outsiders frown on God,” shows it’s an old problem that isn’t going to go away.
Romans 2:12 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
Romans 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God
Romans 2:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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
Romans 2:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God
Romans 2:12 New Century Version (NCV)
People who do not have the law and who are sinners will be lost, although they do not have the law. And, in the same way, those who have the law and are sinners will be judged by the law.
Romans 2:17 New Century Version (NCV)
What about you? You call yourself a Jew. You trust in the law of Moses and brag that you are close to God.
Romans 2:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law
Romans 2:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God
Romans 2:12 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.
Romans 2:17 New International Version (NIV)
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God
Romans 2:12 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
Romans 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God
Romans 2:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law.
Romans 2:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God
Romans 2:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it.
Romans 2:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him.
Romans 2:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
When people who have never been exposed to the laws of Moses commit sin, they will still perish for what they do. And those who are under the law of Moses and fail to obey it are condemned by the law.
Romans 2:17 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Now, you claim to be a Jew because you lean upon your trust in the law and boast in your relationship with God.