What does Romans 2:12 mean?

Romans 2:12 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Romans 2:12 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

11For there is no respect of persons with God.

12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

14For 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:

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