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Romans 2:14-15
New English Translation
Romans 2:14-15
New English Translation
14 For whenever the Gentiles,[a] who do not have the law, do by nature[b] the things required by the law,[c] these who do not have the law are a law to themselves. 15 They[d] show that the work of the law is written[e] in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend[f] them,[g]
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- Romans 2:14 sn Gentile is a NT term for a non-Jew.
- Romans 2:14 tn Some (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:135-37) take the phrase φύσει (phusei, “by nature”) to go with the preceding “do not have the law,” thus: “the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature,” that is, by virtue of not being born Jewish.
- Romans 2:14 tn Grk “do by nature the things of the law.”
- Romans 2:15 tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Romans 2:15 tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.
- Romans 2:15 tn Or “excuse.”
- Romans 2:15 tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”
Romans 2:14-15
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Romans 2:14-15
New International Version
14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,(A) they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
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