Romans 2:13

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous. ¹ 

De 4:1; De 5:1; De 6:3; De 30:12-14; Ps 143:2; Eze 20:11; Eze 33:30-33; Mt 7:21-27; Lu 8:21; Lu 10:25-29; Lu 18:14; Ac 13:39; Ro 2:25; Ro 3:20,23; Ro 3:30; Ro 4:2-5; Ro 10:5; Ga 2:16; Ga 3:11,12; Ga 5:4; Jas 1:22-25; Jas 2:21-25; 1Jo 2:29; 1Jo 3:7

¹ tn The Greek sentence expresses this contrast more succinctly than is possible in English. Grk “For not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.”