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Romans 2:12 KJV
Romans · chapter 2 · verse 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;Romans 2:12 · King James Version
Romans 2:12 in context
10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11For there is no respect of persons with God.
12For 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.
14For 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sinnedhamartanōto be without a share in, to miss the mark, to err, be mistaken, to miss or wander from…G264 →
- perishapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- judgedkrinōto separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, to approve, esteem, to prefer, to…G2919 →
- lawanomōswithout the law, without the knowledge of the law, to sin in ignorance of the Mosaic law…G460 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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In the former chapter the apostle had represented the state of the Gentile world to be as bad and black as the Jews were ready enough to pronounce it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16