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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: Dear Scribe, I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that man has no role to play or no responsibility. But, I will admit that the subject is above my head. What I have been trying to explain is that the natural man is not able to choose spiritual good because, in his heart, he has no desire for God; he thinks the gospel is foolish and can't understand it anyway!( It takes a miraculous work of grace upon the human heart (regeneration) before man will desire Christ and have the desire to willingly submit to His rule and protection. (1 Cor 2:14) But once the spirit is resurrected in the human heart the lights go on. The blind see, the deaf hear and condemned rebels willingly become servants of the true King. (Eph 2:5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),) If you look back on your own conversion experience, I am sure that you are amazed at the change that took place. I am equally certain that you give all the glory to God and take no credit yourself. How could this be if salvation depended on a decision of your's rather than on a decision of God? Think it through. John John |