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Sorry, but YOU are mistaken for I never wrote that the "law" in Romans 2:13 was the "written code of law". Paul is addressing the fact that ALL men are condemned because they do not keep the law. He deals with two groups of individuals; those who lived before the law given on Mt. Sinai and those who lived after it was given. In the former case, he states that they have THE LAW written on their hearts and fail to live up to it and thus they will be judged. The latter group will likewise be judged for their failure to live a perfect live of law keeping.

The LAW in both cases is the holy, royal moral law of God. There are not two different laws by which all men will be judged.

The entire section from chapter 1 through 5 shows that all men are under judgment, no one keeps the law, no one is righteous, in fact no one by nature even seeks after God but ALL are under condemnation and that the only way that a man can be made right with God is through faith in the LORD Jesus Christ and having His perfect righteousness imputed to them.