13. For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.
14. So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.
15. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them
16. on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
17. Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,
18. know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,
19. and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,