<p>2:12&nbsp;<i>For as many as have sinned outside of law shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law</i>- i.e. in condemnation at the last day? For this is how the word is used in Jn. 3:18; 2 Thess. 2:12; Heb. 13:4.&nbsp;&ldquo;Judged&rdquo; is being used in the sense of &quot;condemned&quot;. Not only those who knew the Mosaic law will appear at judgment day; some will be condemned there because of their disobedience to that law, but others will be condemned because of disobedience to other principles.<br />Watch out for the use of figures of speech. How we interpret the Bible accurately depends upon grasping these. Ellipsis and metaphor are the most common. Ellipsis is where as it were a gap is left in the sentence, and we have to fill in the intended sense. Thus: &quot;For as many as have sinned without law, shall perish also without <i>being judged by</i> law&quot; (Rom. 2:12).&nbsp;</p>