^{12 Ref} 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 Ref} For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

^{14 Ref} (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 Ref} 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 Ref} in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Gospel, by Jesus Christ.

^{17 Ref} Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

^{18 Ref} and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,