>>>Romans 2:13
For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.<<<
I absolutely believe what Paul has written, and it is true. A doer of the law will be justified, but only if he meets the standard of the law . . . which is absolute perfection. Anything else and the doer is ‘condemned already.’
Try not to twist Scriptures out of context . . .
“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God” (Romans 2:21-29).
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You are mistaken when you add in your interpretation:
” A doer of the law will be justified, but only if he meets the standard of the law . . . which is absolute perfection. Anything else and the doer is ‘condemned already.’ “
The standard was clarified by John in his first epistle.
“If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us of all unrighteousness.
Why do you deny the words of the apostles?
John makes it plain that we must live exactly as Yeshua lived (Torah compliant) if we wish to claim “believing in him.”
If we fail, Yeshua is our advocate with the Father.
Do you really not believe that?
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