Romans 2:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 2:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 2:14 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 2:14 — 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:”
— Romans 2:14 (KJV)
Romans 2:14 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 2:14
“Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.”
Shares key themes with Romans 2:14: things, these, themselves
“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;”
Shares key themes with Romans 2:14: law, having, themselves
“Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.”
Shares key themes with Romans 2:14: gentiles, things, these
“(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
Shares key themes with Romans 2:14: gentiles, things, these
“And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?”
Shares key themes with Romans 2:14: things, these, themselves
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