Romans 2:13 Meaning and Explanation
“(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Merely hearing the law does not make one righteous before God; it is the doers of the law who are justified.
What Does Romans 2:13 Mean?
In a parenthesis Paul sharpens the point. It is not the hearers but the doers of the law who stand just before God. Sitting under good teaching, however faithfully, is not the same as living it.
This cuts through every form of religion that mistakes knowledge for obedience. To hear and admire the law while leaving it undone is to remain unchanged. God looks for a faith that acts, a truth carried out of the ear and into the life. The honest question is never how much we have heard, but how much of it has become the way we live.
Romans 2:13 in the Original Language
poietes (ποιητής), 'doer' -- one who carries out or performs, as opposed to a mere listener.
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What does Romans 2:13 mean?
Merely hearing the law does not make one righteous before God; it is the doers of the law who are justified.