Doers Of The Law
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. (Romans 2:13-16)1
Grace and Jesus' coming does not mean the absence or abolishment of law (Matthew 5:17). And just because the old is fast fading away (Hebrews 8:7, 10) does not mean there is no law. Christians are to have God’s law written in their hearts.
It is not Jewish law, or Moses' law, Western, Eastern or any other human named law. The numbers Numerics Gematria marking this passage are a great reminder of God's law.
Only the devil's children want no law and have no law (2 Thessalonians 2:9).
ου γαρ οι ακροαται νομου δικαιοι παρα θεω αλλ οι ποιηται νομου δικαιωθησονται οταν γαρ εθνη τα μη νομον εχοντα φυσει τα του νομου ποιωσιν ουτοι νομον μη εχοντες εαυτοις εισιν νομος οιτινες ενδεικνυνται το εργον του νομου γραπτον εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων συμμαρτυρουσης αυτων της συνειδησεως και μεταξυ αλληλων των λογισμων κατηγορουντων η και απολογουμενων εν ημερα οτε κρινει ο θεος τα κρυπτα των ανθρωπων κατα το ευαγγελιον μου δια Χριστου Ιησου (Romans 2:13-16 GNT)2
In the Greek, 10 words have to be dropped from the beginning of verse 13, and one from the end of verse 16. If these words were included, there would be no numeric features.3
Removing the first 10 Greek words makes the English appear awkward, but a look at the Greek itself shows that the English word who
was interpreted for translation flow. The English would become a complete sentence by itself, Doers of the law will be justified.
1 2 256 390 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 70- 60- 9- 7- 100- 1- 9 40- 60- 30- 60- 200 doers of law 3 4 5 948 201 84 13 4 15 6 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 4- 9- 10-1-9-600-8- 7- 90-60- 40-100-1-9 60- 100- 1- 40 3- 1- 80 will be justified Whenever for 6 7 8 9 10 60 101 37 230 606 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 5- 8- 40-7 100-1 30-7 40-60-30-60-40 5- 400-60-40-100- 1 nations the(one) not law having 11 12 13 14 604 101 360 390 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 300- 200- 90- 5- 9 100- 1 100- 60- 200 40- 60- 30- 60-200 to nature the(things) of the law 15 16 17 878 429 230 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 70- 60- 9- 600- 90- 9- 40 60- 200- 100- 60- 9 40- 60- 30- 60-40 they may be doing these law 18 19 20 37 700 465 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 30- 7 5- 400- 60- 40- 100- 5- 90 5- 1- 200- 100- 60- 9- 90 not having to selves 21 22 23 153 280 313 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 5- 9- 90- 9- 40 40- 60- 30- 60- 90 60- 9- 100-9- 40- 5- 90 they are law; who 24 25 463 160 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 5- 40- 4- 5- 9- 10- 40- 200- 40- 100- 1- 9 100- 60 are showing within the 26 27 28 188 360 390 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 5- 80- 3- 60- 40 100- 60- 200 40- 60- 30- 60- 200 work of the law 29 30 31 354 45 200 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 3- 80- 1- 70- 100- 60- 40 5- 40 100- 1- 9- 90 written in the 32 33 204 941 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 10- 1- 80- 4- 9- 1- 9- 90 1- 200- 100- 600- 40 hearts of them 34 1258 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 90- 200- 30- 30- 1- 80- 100- 200- 80- 60- 200- 90- 7- 90 bearing witness together 35 36 37 941 197 1140 185 186 187 188 89 190 1 92 193 194 195 6 7 8 199 200 01 202 203 1- 200-100-600-40 100-7-90 90- 200-40- 5-9-4-7- 90- 5- 600-90 of them of the conscience 38 39 40 41 20 386 708 740 204 5 6 207 8 209 0 11 212 213 214 215 16 217 218 219 220 221 22 10- 1-9 30- 5-100-1-50-200 1- 20- 20- 7- 20- 600-40 100-600-40 and between one another of the 42 43 852 1301 223 24 5 6 27 28 229 30 231 2 233 4 5 36 37 38 239 40 241 242 243 20- 60-3-9-90-30-600-40 10- 1-100-7-3-60-80-60-200-40-100- 600- 40 reckonings accusing 44 45 46 7 20 1189 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 57 258 259 260 7 10- 1- 9 1- 70- 60- 20- 60- 3- 60- 200-30- 5- 40- 600-40 or also defending selves 47 48 49 50 45 123 165 153 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 5- 40 7- 30- 5- 80- 1 60- 100-5 10- 80- 9- 40- 5- 9 in which day is judging 51 52 53 54 60 163 101 461 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 60 8- 5- 60- 90 100- 1 10- 80- 200- 70- 100- 1 the God the hidden(things) 55 56 57 740 1439 112 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 100- 600- 40 1- 40- 8- 80- 600- 70- 600- 40 10- 1- 100- 1 of the men according to 58 59 60 160 346 290 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 100- 60 5- 200- 1- 3- 3- 5- 20- 9- 60- 40 30- 60- 200 the good news of me 61 62 14 939 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 4- 9- 1 400- 80- 9- 90- 100- 60- 200 through Christ4
The numeric phrase begins with doers of the law
, omitting the opening phrase For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God...
emphasizing only the most important part. Hearers of the law
are not considered anything at all.
The last word, Jesus
, of verse 16 is also left out because Christ
already identifies which gospel.
Numeric Features
Primary Features
(Derived from Revelation 1:8 and grouped for easy reference.)
A.1Numeric total: 25228 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 17 x 53. (See feature 2.1.)
A.5Number of letters: 329 = 7 x 47. (See feature 2.2.)
B.4Every other letter (odd): 13132 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 67. (See feature 3.1.)
B.4.2Every other letter (even): 12096 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7. (See feature 3.2.)
C.3.2First and last letter of each word: 6594 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 157. (See feature 4.3.)
D.2.3First letter of each verse: 195 = 3 x 5 x 13. (See feature 1.2.)
D.3.3First letter of each word: 2961 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 47. (See feature 4.1.)
E.3.3Last letter of each word: 3633 = 3 x 7 x 173. (See feature 4.2.)
F.2First half of the verses: 7540 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 13 x 29. (See feature 1.1.)
Verse Features
1.1First half of the verses: 7540 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 13 x 29.
1.2First letter of each verse: 195 = 3 x 5 x 13. SF: 21 = 3 x 7.
Words And Letters
2.1Numeric total: 25228 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 17 x 53.
2.2Number of letters: 329 = 7 x 47.
70 9 100 9 60 60 4 10 9 8 90 40 1 60 1 3 80 8 7 1 7 60 60 5 60 100 300 90 9 1 60 40 30 200 60 600 9 60 100 9 60 60 30 5 60 100 90 1 100 9 5 90 40 60 60 60 100 40 90 40 5 10 200 100 9 60 80 60 100 200 60 60 3 1 100 40 40 1 90 1 4 1 90 200 600 90 30 1 100 80 200 7 1 100 40 7 90 40 9 7 5 90 1 30 100 50 1 20 20 40 600 20 3 90 600 10 100 3 80 200 100 40 10 9 70 20 3 200 5 600 5 7 5 1 100 10 9 5 60 5 90 1 80 70 1 600 1 8 600 600 10 100 100 5 1 3 20 60 30 200 9 400 9 100 200
Total of odd positioned letters: 13132 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 67.
60 7 1 40 30 200 9 1 600 7 60 100 9 100 40 1 5 40 100 30 40 30 40 400 40 1 200 5 100 100 200 60 60 70 9 90 40 200 60 40 30 40 7 400 40 5 5 200 60 90 9 9 40 30 90 9 9 5 5 4 9 40 40 1 100 5 3 40 60 40 30 200 80 70 60 5 100 9 10 80 9 9 1 100 40 200 30 80 200 60 90 90 200 600 100 90 200 5 4 90 600 10 9 5 1 200 20 7 600 100 40 60 9 30 40 1 7 60 60 40 600 7 1 1 60 60 60 30 40 40 40 30 80 60 5 80 40 9 8 60 100 10 200 100 100 40 40 80 70 40 1 1 60 200 3 5 9 40 60 4 1 80 90 60
Total of even positioned letters: 12096 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7. SF: 28 = 2 x 2 x 7.
a) 1 8 13 27 31 34 38 40 42 47 53 58 60 63 68 75 80 b) 70 40 4 60 3 5 100 30 40 5 300 100 100 40 70 60 40 a) 85 87 94 101 106 111 118 130 132 137 140 145 152 154 b) 30 5 5 5 40 60 5 100 5 100 40 3 5 100 a) 158 166 171 185 190 193 204 207 213 220 223 231 244 b) 10 1 90 1 100 90 10 30 1 100 20 10 7 a) 245 248 261 263 268 271 277 278 282 284 290 293 301 b) 10 1 5 7 60 10 60 8 100 10 100 1 10 a) 305 307 317 320 323 b) 100 5 30 4 400
Letter total: 2961 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 47.
a) 7 12 26 30 33 37 39 41 46 52 57 59 62 67 74 79 b) 9 200 9 40 80 7 1 7 40 1 9 1 200 200 40 9 a) 84 86 93 100 105 110 117 129 131 136 139 144 151 153 b) 40 7 90 90 40 90 90 9 60 40 200 200 40 40 a) 157 165 170 184 189 192 203 206 212 219 222 230 243 b) 90 90 40 90 40 90 90 9 200 40 40 40 40 a) 244 247 260 262 267 270 276 277 281 283 289 292 300 b) 7 9 40 40 1 5 9 60 90 1 1 40 40 a) 304 306 316 319 322 329 b) 1 60 40 200 1 200
Letter total: 3633 = 3 x 7 x 173.
4.3First and last letters together: 6594 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 157. SF: 169 = 13 x 13. SF: 26 = 2 x 13.
4.4Letters that are not first OR last:
a) 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 b) 60 9 7 100 1 60 30 60 9 10 1 9 600 8 7 90 60 a) 23 24 25 28 29 32 35 36 43 44 45 48 49 50 51 54 b) 40 100 1 100 1 1 8 40 60 30 60 400 60 40 100 200 a) 55 56 61 64 65 66 69 70 71 72 73 76 77 78 81 82 b) 90 5 60 60 30 60 60 9 600 90 9 200 100 60 60 30 a) 83 88 89 90 91 92 95 96 97 98 99 102 103 104 107 b) 60 400 60 40 100 5 1 200 100 60 9 9 90 9 60 a) 108 109 112 113 114 115 116 119 120 121 122 123 124 b) 30 60 9 100 9 40 5 40 4 5 9 10 40 a) 125 126 127 128 133 134 135 138 141 142 143 146 147 b) 200 40 100 1 80 3 60 60 60 30 60 80 1 a) 148 149 150 155 156 159 160 161 162 163 164 167 168 b) 70 100 60 1 9 1 80 4 9 1 9 200 100 a) 169 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 b) 600 200 30 30 1 80 100 200 80 60 200 90 7 a) 186 187 188 191 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 b) 200 100 600 7 200 40 5 9 4 7 90 5 600 a) 205 208 209 210 211 214 215 216 217 218 221 224 225 b) 1 5 100 1 50 20 20 7 20 600 600 60 3 a) 226 227 228 229 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 b) 9 90 30 600 1 100 7 3 60 80 60 200 40 a) 241 242 246 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 b) 100 600 1 70 60 20 60 3 60 200 30 5 40 a) 259 264 265 266 269 272 273 274 275 279 280 285 286 b) 600 30 5 80 100 80 9 40 5 5 60 80 200 a) 287 288 291 294 295 296 297 298 299 302 303 308 309 b) 70 100 600 40 8 80 600 70 600 1 100 200 1 a) 310 311 312 313 314 315 318 321 324 325 326 327 328 b) 3 3 5 20 9 60 60 9 80 9 90 100 60
This time the feature is in the sum of the positions: 34203 = 3 x 13 x 877.
5.1Find all the words where a letter appeared. If the sum of the word positions is odd, place that letter in the first list. If the result is even, place it in the second list.
First list: 1 3 4 8 9 20 30 40 50 70 80 200 300 400
The sum of all the words having letters above: 103012 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 13 x 283. (Words having more than one letter in the list will be included more than once.)
5.2
Second list: 5 7 10 60 90 100 600
The sum of all words having the letters above: 83685 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 797. SF: 812 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 29.
6.1All letters from the passage that are in the lower (or first half) of the Greek alphabet.
a) 3 4 6 7 10 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 25 26 29 31 32 b) 9 7 1 9 30 4 9 10 1 9 8 7 1 9 1 3 1 a) 34 35 37 39 40 41 44 47 52 56 57 59 65 70 73 79 b) 5 8 7 1 30 7 30 5 1 5 9 1 30 9 9 9 a) 82 85 86 87 92 94 95 99 101 102 104 108 112 114 116 b) 30 30 7 5 5 5 1 9 5 9 9 30 9 9 5 a) 118 120 121 122 123 128 129 132 134 142 145 147 152 b) 5 4 5 9 10 1 9 5 3 30 3 1 5 a) 155 156 158 159 161 162 163 164 166 173 174 175 183 b) 1 9 10 1 4 9 1 9 1 30 30 1 7 a) 185 191 196 197 198 199 201 204 205 206 207 208 210 b) 1 7 5 9 4 7 5 10 1 9 30 5 1 a) 213 214 215 216 217 223 225 226 228 231 232 234 235 b) 1 20 20 7 20 20 3 9 30 10 1 7 3 a) 244 245 246 247 248 251 253 256 257 261 263 264 265 b) 7 10 1 9 1 20 3 30 5 5 7 30 5 a) 267 270 271 273 275 276 278 279 283 284 289 293 295 b) 1 5 10 9 5 9 8 5 1 10 1 1 8 a) 301 302 304 307 309 310 311 312 313 314 317 320 321 b) 10 1 1 5 1 3 3 5 20 9 30 4 9 a) 322 325 b) 1 9
Total: 1218 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 29.
6.2All letters from the passage that are in the upper (or last half) of the Greek alphabet.
a) 1 2 5 8 9 11 12 18 21 22 23 24 27 28 30 33 36 b) 70 60 100 40 60 60 200 600 90 60 40 100 60 100 40 80 40 a) 38 42 43 45 46 48 49 50 51 53 54 55 58 60 61 62 b) 100 40 60 60 40 400 60 40 100 300 200 90 100 100 60 200 a) 63 64 66 67 68 69 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 80 81 83 b) 40 60 60 200 70 60 600 90 40 60 200 100 60 40 60 60 a) 84 88 89 90 91 93 96 97 98 100 103 105 106 107 109 b) 40 400 60 40 100 90 200 100 60 90 90 40 40 60 60 a) 110 111 113 115 117 119 124 125 126 127 130 131 133 b) 90 60 100 40 90 40 40 200 40 100 100 60 80 a) 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 144 146 148 149 150 b) 60 40 100 60 200 40 60 60 200 80 70 100 60 a) 151 153 154 157 160 165 167 168 169 170 171 172 176 b) 40 40 100 90 80 90 200 100 600 40 90 200 80 a) 177 178 179 180 181 182 184 186 187 188 189 190 192 b) 100 200 80 60 200 90 90 200 100 600 40 100 90 a) 193 194 195 200 202 203 209 211 212 218 219 220 221 b) 90 200 40 90 600 90 100 50 200 600 40 100 600 a) 222 224 227 229 230 233 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 b) 40 60 90 600 40 100 60 80 60 200 40 100 600 a) 243 249 250 252 254 255 258 259 260 262 266 268 269 b) 40 70 60 60 60 200 40 600 40 40 80 60 100 a) 272 274 277 280 281 282 285 286 287 288 290 291 292 b) 80 40 60 60 90 100 80 200 70 100 100 600 40 a) 294 296 297 298 299 300 303 305 306 308 315 316 318 b) 40 80 600 70 600 40 100 100 60 200 60 40 60 a) 319 323 324 326 327 328 329 b) 200 400 80 90 100 60 200
Letter total: 24010 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7. SF: 35 = 5 x 7.
Conclusion
God weighs the heart, judges what we do, and judges the result of what we do (Jeremiah 17:10). The number Numerics Gematria features of Romans 2:13-16 confirm this has not changed.
Notes
- English reference quotes are from the Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1972.
- The Hebrew or Greek text is from Bibleworks 3.0 by Hermeneutika, Michael S. Bushell, 1995, translated into HTML entities. Vowel marks and punctuation from the Hebrew have been removed. Greek accent marks and punctuation have also been removed.
- The fact that so many words had to be dropped from the first verse is also another sign these are not verses with deep spiritual truths.
- The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, by New World Bible Translation Committee, Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc., 1969 (This is not to advocate for the Jehovah's Witnesses or to support them. It is listed because the book was a Greek-English interlinear easily obtainable at a time of limited means and when interlinear books were extremely difficult to find and expensive.)