Romans 2:15

World English Bible (2000)

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)

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  • Rom 1:18-19 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • Gen 3:8-9 : 8 They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. 9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" 10 The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." 11 God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
  • Gen 42:21-22 : 21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us." 22 Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
  • Job 27:6 : 6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
  • Eccl 7:22 : 22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
  • John 8:9 : 9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

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    16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

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

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  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

    2 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

    3 Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

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    18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

    19 because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

    20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

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    27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

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    18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

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    20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;

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    1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

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    9 What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

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    29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

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    15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

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    21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

    22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man,

    23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

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    2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

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    15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

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    16 Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

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    7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

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    24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

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    1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

    2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

    3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

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    5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

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    2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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    32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

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    8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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    14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

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    13 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

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    2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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    25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

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    12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

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    16 But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

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    9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

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    11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

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    8 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?