12. For as many as have sinned--not "as many as have sinned
at all," but, "as many as are found in sin" at the judgment of
the great day (as the whole context shows).
without law--that is, without the advantage of a positive Revelation.
shall also perish without law--exempt from the charge of rejecting
or disregarding it.
and as many as have sinned in the law--within the pale of a positive,
written Revelation.
shall be judged by the law--tried and condemned by the higher standard
of that written Revelation.
JFB.
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