Romans 2:13
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 2:13 King James Version (KJV)
(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Romans 2:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.
Romans 2:13 New Century Version (NCV)
Hearing the law does not make people right with God. It is those who obey the law who will be right with him.
Romans 2:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified
Romans 2:13 New International Version (NIV)
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
Romans 2:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
(for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified
Romans 2:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].
Romans 2:13 New Living Translation (NLT)
For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.