# Romans 2.11

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**Book:** [Romans](/codex/romans/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 9. tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; 10. but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:
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> **11. for there is no respect of persons with God.**
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> 12. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law; 13. for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified: (Romans 2:9-13, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 9. oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 10. But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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> **11. For there is no partiality with God.**
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> 12. For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13. For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified (Romans 2:9-13, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 9. Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; <sup>Gentile: Gr. Greek</sup> 10. But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: <sup>Gentile: Gr. Greek</sup>
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> **11. For there is no respect of persons with God.**
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> 12. 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; 13. (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. (Romans 2:9-13, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 9. tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; 10. and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.
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> **11. For there is no acceptance of faces with God,**
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> 12. for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged, 13. for not the hearers of the law [are] righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: (Romans 2:9-13, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Free Will](/codex/argument-from-free-will/), via [Romans 2.5-11](/codex/romans-2-5-11/)

**Concepts:**

- [Hell and Eternal Punishment](/codex/hell-and-eternal-punishment/), via [Romans 2.11-16](/codex/romans-2-11-16/)
- [Karma](/codex/karma/), via [Romans 2.6-11](/codex/romans-2-6-11/)

**Passages:**

- [James 2.1-9](/codex/james-2-1-9/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.