indeed a beautiful passage...but we all know that God is all merciful(lucky for all of us), but to think that God would condemn to hell those humans who had no knowledge of Him and Salvation would be dishonoring God far more than I would dare to do!!
Yet Catholics believe accepting Jesus’ sacrifice, placing our faith on Him, is not sufficient for us to enter God's presence.
How merciful would God be if He sent you first to be “perfected” in purgatory before seeing paradise?
I'm so glad that I do not have to think about it at all!
Romans 2:12-16
12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (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. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.