Romans 2:12 Cross References

Romans 2:12

12: God will punish the Gentiles when they sin, even though they never had God's written law. And he will punish the Jews when they sin, for they do have the law.

Galatians 3:10

  1. But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."

Romans 2:14

  1. Even when Gentiles, who do not have God's written law, instinctively follow what the law says, they show that in their hearts they know right from wrong.
  2. They demonstrate that God's law is written within them, for their own consciences either accuse them or tell them they are doing what is right.
  3. The day will surely come when God, by Jesus Christ, will judge everyone's secret life. This is my message.

2 Corinthians 3:7

  1. That old system of law etched in stone led to death, yet it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses' face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away.
  2. Shouldn't we expect far greater glory when the Holy Spirit is giving life?
  3. If the old covenant, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new covenant, which makes us right with God!

1 Corinthians 9:21

  1. When I am with the Gentiles who do not have the Jewish law, I fit in with them as much as I can. In this way, I gain their confidence and bring them to Christ. But I do not discard the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.

Galatians 2:16

  1. And yet we Jewish Christians know that we become right with God, not by doing what the law commands, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be accepted by God because of our faith in Christ--and not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be saved by obeying the law."
  2. But what if we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then find out that we are still sinners? Has Christ led us into sin? Of course not!
  3. Rather, I make myself guilty if I rebuild the old system I already tore down.
  4. For when I tried to keep the law, I realized I could never earn God's approval. So I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ.

Romans 7:7

  1. Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
  2. But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
  3. I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.
  4. So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.
  5. Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.

Revelation 20:12

  1. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to what they had done.
  2. The sea gave up the dead in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead in them. They were all judged according to their deeds.
  3. And death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death--the lake of fire.
  4. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Ezekiel 16:49

  1. Sodom's sins were pride, laziness, and gluttony, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
  2. She was proud and did loathsome things, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.

Matthew 11:24

  1. I assure you, Sodom will be better off on the judgment day than you."

Romans 1:18

  1. But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves.
  2. For the truth about God is known to them instinctively. God has put this knowledge in their hearts.
  3. From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God.
  4. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.

Romans 1:32

  1. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

Luke 10:12

  1. The truth is, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
  2. "What horrors await you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have sat in deep repentance long ago, clothed in sackcloth and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
  3. Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on the judgment day than you.
  4. And you people of Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to the place of the dead. "

Matthew 11:22

  1. I assure you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on the judgment day than you!

Romans 8:3

  1. The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

Galatians 3:22

  1. But the Scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive God's promise is to believe in Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 27:26

  1. `Cursed is anyone who does not affirm the terms of this law by obeying them.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'

Romans 4:15

  1. But the law brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

Romans 3:19

  1. Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses and to bring the entire world into judgment before God.
  2. For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.

Acts 17:30

  1. God overlooked people's former ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone everywhere to turn away from idols and turn to him.
  2. For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead."

Luke 12:47

  1. The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it.
  2. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given.

John 19:11

  1. Then Jesus said, "You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who brought me to you has the greater sin."

James 2:10

  1. And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.
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