Romans 1:17
For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”
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- Gal 3:11 : 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
- Hab 2:4 : 4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
- Rom 3:21 : 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–
- Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
- Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
- Rom 9:30 : 30 Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
- Rom 3:3 : 3 What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?
- Heb 11:6-7 : 6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
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- Gal 3:11-122 verses83%
11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
12 But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.
- Rom 3:20-223 verses81%
20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–
22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
- Rom 1:18-203 verses80%
18 The Condemnation of the Unrighteous For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,
19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.
- Rom 3:24-285 verses79%
24 But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
26 This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
28 For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.
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30 Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
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6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,
- Rom 4:5-62 verses76%
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
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16 The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- Rom 4:2-32 verses74%
2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.
3 For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
- Rom 5:1-22 verses74%
1 The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
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17 Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.
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16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
- Rom 10:3-53 verses73%
3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
4 For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”
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5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.
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4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
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39 and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.
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30 Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
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38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
- Heb 11:1-33 verses72%
1 People Commended for Their Faith Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
2 For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.
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30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
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11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
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13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.
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5 Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.
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24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
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8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
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26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
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8 But what does it say?“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”(that is, the word of faith that we preach),
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10 just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,
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21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.)
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9 So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.
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5 Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.