21 (A)For our sake he made him to be sin (B)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become (C)the righteousness of God.

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22 (A)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 (B)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, (C)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 (D)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we (E)might die to sin and (F)live to righteousness. (G)By his wounds you have been healed.

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18 For Christ also (A)suffered[a] (B)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (C)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (D)in the flesh but made alive (E)in the spirit,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:18 Some manuscripts died

19 For as by the one man's (A)disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's (B)obedience the many will be made righteous.

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13 Christ (A)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (C)on a tree”—

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30 And because of him[a] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us (A)wisdom from God, (B)righteousness and (C)sanctification and (D)redemption,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Greek And from him

You know that (A)he appeared in order to (B)take away sins, and (C)in him there is no sin.

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and be found in him, not having (A)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (B)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

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(A)Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    (B)smitten by God, and afflicted.
(C)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    (D)and with his wounds we are healed.
(E)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
(F)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin.

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For, being ignorant of (A)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For (B)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified

Life in the Spirit

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a] For the law of (A)the Spirit of life (B)has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For (C)God has done what the law, (D)weakened by the flesh, (E)could not do. (F)By sending his own Son (G)in the likeness of sinful flesh and (H)for sin,[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that (I)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, (J)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
  2. Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
  3. Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering

The Righteousness of God Through Faith

21 But now (A)the righteousness of God (B)has been manifested apart from the law, although (C)the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God (D)through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. (E)For there is no distinction: 23 for (F)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 (G)and are justified (H)by his grace as a gift, (I)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God (J)put forward as (K)a propitiation (L)by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in (M)his divine forbearance he had passed over (N)former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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25 (A)who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised (B)for our justification.

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17 For in it (A)the righteousness of God is revealed (B)from faith for faith,[a] (C)as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:17 Or beginning and ending in faith
  2. Romans 1:17 Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live

And (A)walk in love, (B)as Christ loved us and (C)gave himself up for us, a (D)fragrant (E)offering and sacrifice to God.

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Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (B)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the sins of the whole world.

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16 In those days Judah will be saved, (A)and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: (B)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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And they made his grave with the wicked
    (A)and with a rich man in his death,
although (B)he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet (C)it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
    he has put him to grief;[a]
(D)when his soul makes[b] an offering for guilt,
    he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
(E)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[c] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (F)the righteous one, my servant,
    (G)make many to be accounted righteous,
    (H)and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 (I)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,[d]
    (J)and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,[e]
because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
(K)yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:10 Or he has made him sick
  2. Isaiah 53:10 Or when you make his soul
  3. Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
  4. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the great
  5. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the numerous

26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (A)holy, innocent, unstained, (B)separated from sinners, and (C)exalted above the heavens.

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24 (A)“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
    are righteousness and (B)strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
    (C)all who were incensed against him.
25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
    shall be justified and shall glory.”

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14 But you denied (A)the Holy and (B)Righteous One, and (C)asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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The Shepherd Struck

“Awake, O sword, against (A)my shepherd,
    against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.

(B)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall (A)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come (B)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. (C)Its[a] end shall come with a flood, (D)and to the end there shall be war. (E)Desolations are decreed.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:26 Or His

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