11 There is no favoritism with God. r

12 All those who sinned without the law s will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For the hearers of the law t are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous. u 14 So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively v 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 w is written on their hearts. x Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them y 16 on the day when God judges z what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. a