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Rom 2:13. Οὑ γαρ, for not) A Proposition [Statement of Subject] clearly standing forth, the words of which have respect also to the Gentiles, but are particularly adapted to the Jews; concerning the former, Rom 2:14, etc. treats; concerning the latter, Rom 2:17, etc.; wherefore, also, Rom 2:16 depends on Rom 2:15, not on Rom 2:12. They have caused much confusion, who enclosed within a parenthesis the passage beginning at the 14th, nay, rather at the 13th verse, and ending with the 15.-οἱ ἀκροαταὶ, hearers), inactive, however sedulous [in hearing] they may be.-παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, before [with] God) Rom 2:2.-ποιηταὶ, doers) namely, if men have shown themselves to be doers, ch. Rom 10:5. They may do things pertaining to the law, but they cannot prove [warrant] themselves to be the doers of the whole law.-δικαιωθήσονται, shall be justified) This verb, in contradistinction to the noun δίκαιοι, which denotes men actually righteous, involves a condition, which is to be performed, and then [the condition being fulfilled] the declaration of their being righteous, as about to follow [as the consequence] in the day of the divine judgment.