Romans Chapter 2 Vs. 13

God's Judgment and the Law

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Rom 2:13

For not the... Not the hearers of the law and of the gospel, but the doers will be justified (Rom. 2:7-11; 10:8-21; Jas. 1:21-27; 2:14-26; 1Jhn. 1:7).

Reading the Mosaic Law was a regular part of each synagogue service, so that Jews were those who hear the Law. However, being recognized as righteous was not the automatic concomitant of being a Jew and hearing the Law. Those who will be declared righteous (a forensic action usually trans. “justified,” e.g., Rom. 3:24; see Rom. 1:17 on “justify”) are those who obey the Law (lit., “the doers of the Law”). James made the same point (Jas. 1:22-25). Again (cf. Rom. 2:7-10) God does not give eternal life or justification to those who perform good works, but to those who believe (trust) in Him and whose conduct reveals their regenerate hearts.

Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."