Passage

Romans 2.12-16

Book: Romans · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"10. but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: 11. for there is no respect of persons with God."

"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: 14. (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves; 15. in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them); 16. in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ."

"17. But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God, 18. and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law," (Romans 2:10-18, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"10. But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 11. For there is no partiality with God."

"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 14. (for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15. in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them) 16. in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ."

"17. Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God, 18. and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law," (Romans 2:10-18, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"10. But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: ^{Gentile: Gr. Greek} 11. For there is no respect of persons with God."

"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. 14. 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: 15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) ^{their conscience: or, the conscience witnessing with them} ^{the mean: or, between themselves} 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."

"17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18. And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; ^{approvest: or, triest the things that differ}" (Romans 2:10-18, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"10. and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek. 11. For there is no acceptance of faces with God,"

"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:, 14. For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law, to themselves are a law; 15. who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending, 16. in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ."

"17. Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God, 18. and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law," (Romans 2:10-18, 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; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Salvation of the Unevangelized

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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