13 It isn’t the ones who hear the Law who are righteous in God’s eyes. It is the ones who do what the Law says who will be treated as righteous.
14 Gentiles don’t have the Law. But when they instinctively do what the Law requires they are a Law in themselves, though they don’t have the Law.
15 They show the proof of the Law written on their hearts, and their consciences affirm it. Their conflicting thoughts will accuse them, or even make a defense for them,
16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the hidden truth about human beings through Christ Jesus.
17 But, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the Law; if you brag about your relationship to God;
18 if you know the will of God; if you are taught by the Law so that you can figure out the things that really matter;
19 if you have persuaded yourself that you are: a guide for the blind; a light to those who are in darkness;