Romans 2:13-16

¹³Just listening to what the law says doesn't make you right in God's sight. It's those who do what the law says who are made right.

¹⁴The foreigners don't have the written law, but when they instinctively do what it says, they are following the law even without having the written law.

¹⁵In this way they show how the law works that's written in their minds. As they think about what they're doing, their conscience either accuses them for doing wrong or defends them for doing what is good and right.

¹⁶The good news I share is that a day is coming when God will judge, through Jesus Christ, everyone's secret thoughts.