In Context

13 for not the hearers of a law are just before God, but the doers of a law shall be justified:

14 for when Gentiles which have no law do by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law unto themselves;

15 in that they shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them;

16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

17 But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Romans 2:16 in Other Translations