Bible verse
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
Romans 2:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Romans 2.
10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
11 For God does not show favoritism.
12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
14 Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15 So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
16 on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
18 if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
KJV
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
ASV
(for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;
ERV
for when Gentiles which have no law do by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law unto themselves;
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