⁵ But to the one who does not work, but ^(A)believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, ⁶ just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

^30 (A)What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, but ^(B)the righteousness that is ^[a]by faith; ³¹ however, Israel, ^(C)pursuing a law of righteousness, did not ^(D)arrive at that law.

³ For not knowing about ^(A)God’s righteousness and ^(B)seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ⁴ For ^(C)Christ is the ^[a]end of the Law for righteousness to ^(D)everyone who believes.

^40 (A)And a man with ^[a]leprosy *came to ^[b]Jesus, imploring Him and ^(B)kneeling down, and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” ⁴¹ Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, and *said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” ⁴² And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.

⁹ and ^(A)He made no distinction between us and them, ^(B)cleansing their hearts by faith.

¹³ For if ^(A)the blood of goats and bulls, and ^(B)the ^[a]ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the ^[b]cleansing of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(C)the blood of Christ, who through ^[c](D)the eternal Spirit ^(E)offered Himself without blemish to God, ^(F)cleanse your conscience from ^(G)dead works to serve ^(H)the living God?

Job’s Character and Wealth

1 There was a man in the ^(A)land of Uz whose name was ^(B)Job; and that man was ^(C)blameless, upright, ^(D)fearing God and ^(E)turning away from evil. ^2 (F)Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. ^3 (G)His possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was ^(H)the greatest of all the ^[a]men of the east.