Romans 2:12-18 All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law.

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law. ¹³ It is not those who hear the words of a Law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous. ¹⁴ When Gentiles, who have no Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they, though they have no Law, are a Law to themselves; ¹⁵ For they show the demands of the Law written upon their hearts; their consciences corroborating it, while in their thoughts they argue either in self-accusation or, it may be, in self- defense-- ¹⁶ On the day when God passes judgment on men's inmost lives, as the Good News that I tell declares that he will do through Christ Jesus. ¹⁷ But, perhaps, you bear the name of 'Jew,' and are relying upon Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will, ¹⁸ And, having been carefully instructed from the Law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.