Romans 10:6

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But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)

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  • Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away. 12 They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them? 13 And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them? 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
  • Eph 4:8-9 : 8 For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men. 9 (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
  • John 3:12-13 : 12 If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven? 13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
  • John 6:33 : 33 The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
  • John 6:58 : 58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.
  • Rom 3:22 : 22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
  • Rom 4:13 : 13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
  • Rom 9:30-31 : 30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith: 31 But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
  • John 6:50-51 : 50 The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death. 51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

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    7 Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)

    8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

    9 Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

    10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

    11 Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.

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    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

    31 But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

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    3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

    4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.

    5 For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.

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    13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

  • Deut 30:12-13
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    12 They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them?

    13 And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?

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    11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

    12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

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    9 (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

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    26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.

    27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

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    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

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    17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

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    22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

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    6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

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    17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

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    3 Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?

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    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

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    5 He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

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    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

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    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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    10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

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    34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,

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    39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

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    2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

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    29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.

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    4 You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

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    34 Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.

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    2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;