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The Book of Romans, Chapter 2, Verse 14

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(For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
King James Version
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:
American Standard Version
(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;
New English Translation
but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the letter. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.
World English Bible
(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,
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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;)
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In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
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And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
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Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
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Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
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For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.