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For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

For the hearers of the law  are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.

(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

(for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified

If you sin without knowing what you’re doing, God takes that into account. But if you sin knowing full well what you’re doing, that’s a different story entirely. Merely hearing God’s law is a waste of your time if you don’t do what he commands. Doing, not hearing, is what makes the difference with God.

for it is not the hearers of the Law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the Law who will be justified.

For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].

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