Romans 2:12 (WEB)
For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
Fathers and councils · 14
Irenaeus of Lyons
“As I have heard from a certain presbyter, who had heard it from those who had seen the apostles, and from those who had been their disciples, the punishment [declared] in Scripture was sufficient for the ancients in regard to what they did without the Spirit’s guidance.” — editor's note: Polycarp, Papias, Pothinus, and others, have been suggested as probably here referred to, but the point is involved in utter uncertainty. [Surely this…
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Jerome
“And so the Apostle, in the same sense, because in the same Spirit, says to the Romans,“As many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned under law, shall be judged by law.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
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Gregory the Great
“And to the Apostle; As many as have sinned without law shall perish without law (Rom. ii. 12).”” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Of both kinds speaketh the Apostle, and saith, “They that without Law have sinned, without Law shall perish, and they that in the Law have sinned, by the Law shall be judged.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment“For, “They that have sinned in the Law, by the Law shall be judged.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment“That all have not the law, he declareth more explicitly in another passage, “as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment““For as many as have sinned without law,” says the apostle, “shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment“And these words of the apostle, inasmuch as his saying, “they shall perish,” has a more terrible sound than when he says, “they shall be judged,” seem to show that such an excuse can not only avail them nothing, but even becomes an additional aggravation.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
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John Chrysostom
““For as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law” ( Rom. ii. 12 ); that is to say, more severely, as having for their accuser the law as well as nature.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law;”where his discourse is of those who lived in the time before the law; and, “As many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law,”speaking of all after Moses.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment“Did any one commit fornication before the law, he is differently punished; and this Paul showeth, “For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
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“…an unclean spirit is the human race, in which uncleanness reigned from Adam to Moses; [Rom 5:14] for “they sinned without law,” and “perished without law.” [Rom 2:12] and he, knowing the Holy One of God, is ordered to hold his peace, for they “knowing God did not glorify him as God,” [Rom 1:21] but “rather served…” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…who have sinned in the law, and of those who have sinned without law (inasmuch as they who know not the law yet do by nature the things contained in the law)—surely the God who shall judge is He to whom belong both the law, and that nature which is the rule to them who know not the law.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12–16.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Paul to the Romans: “As many as have sinned without law, shall perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged also by the law.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12.
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Cross-references · 18
Parallel passages
Romans 2:12 and Colossians 2:1 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.9.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.9.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.9.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 89.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
