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NASB | Romans 2:13 for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 2:13 For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him]. |
Subject: Justification? |
Bible Note: Friend Scribe, Unless I have missed your point, I think you are putting the "cart before the horse". You wrote: "...True Faith, and True Grace demands True Repentance that bears fruit, and God will not have it any other way." Grace, by definition, demands nothing. It is a free gift. True faith and repentence are evidences of the presence of "saving faith" in the one who professes Christ as Lord and Saviour. If we contribute anything to the work of God in salvation (no matter how small it may be) we then have something of which to boast. Salvation, top to botton and from beginning to end is of the Lord. He will not share His glory with any created being. I believe this agrees fully with the latter portion of your post where you liken us to trees. John |