All Have Sinned^(A)

⁹ What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that ^(B)they are all under sin.

¹⁰ As it is written:

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever ^(I)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that ^(J)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become ^[b]guilty before God. ²⁰ Therefore ^(K)by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

God’s Righteousness Through Faith

²¹ But now ^(L)the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, ^(M)being witnessed by the Law ^(N)and the Prophets, ²² even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all ^[c]and on all who believe. For ^(O)there is no difference; ²³ for ^(P)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being justified ^[d]freely ^(Q)by His grace ^(R)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God set forth ^(S)as a ^[e]propitiation ^(T)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over ^(U)the sins that were previously committed, ²⁶ to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Boasting Excluded

^27 (V)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. ²⁸ Therefore we conclude ^(W)that a man is ^[f]justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. ²⁹ Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, ³⁰ since ^(X)there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. ³¹ Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

Abraham Justified by Faith^(Y)

4 What then shall we say that ^(Z)Abraham our ^(AA)father^[g] has found according to the flesh? ² For if Abraham was ^(AB)justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. ³ For what does the Scripture say? ^(AC)“Abraham believed God, and it was ^[h]accounted to him for righteousness.” ⁴ Now ^(AD)to him who works, the wages are not counted ^[i]as grace but as debt.

David Celebrates the Same Truth

⁵ But to him who ^(AE)does not work but believes on Him who justifies ^(AF)the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, ⁶ just as David also ^(AG)describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:

Faith Triumphs in Trouble

5 Therefore, ^(A)having been justified by faith, ^[a]we have ^(B)peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ^2 (C)through whom also we have access by faith into this grace ^(D)in which we stand, and ^(E)rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

³³ Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? ^(A)It is God who justifies. ^34 (B)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, ^(C)who is even at the right hand of God, ^(D)who also makes intercession for us.

Laws of Social Responsibility

25 “If there is a ^(A)dispute between men, and they come to ^[a]court, that the judges may judge them, and they ^(B)justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

^13 (A)Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ^(B)“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),

⁹ and be found in Him, not having ^(A)my own righteousness, which is from the law, but ^(B)that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;