“For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:”
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. Gentiles possess a natural law (physei) inscribed in their moral nature; they fulfill the law's requirements (ta tou nomou) without formal instruction. They become a law to themselves (heautois eisin nomos)—possessing an interior moral compass. This doctrine of natural law echoes Stoic philosophy but derives ultimately from God's creative design.
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