If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely (A)live!”
Says the Lord God.

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He follows my decrees(A)
    and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(B)
    he will surely live,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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“Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the (A)just shall live by his faith.

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“See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person(A) will live by his faithfulness[a](B)

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  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith

A Call to Repentance

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

(A)“Seek Me (B)and live;

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This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek(A) me and live;(B)

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11 (A)And I gave them My statutes and [a]showed them My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’

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  1. Ezekiel 20:11 Lit. made known to

11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.(A)

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17 Who has withdrawn his hand from [a]the poor
And not received usury or increase,
But has executed My judgments
And walked in My statutes—
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father;
He shall surely live!

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  1. Ezekiel 18:17 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX iniquity (cf. v. 8)

17 He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor
    and takes no interest or profit from them.
He keeps my laws(A) and follows my decrees.

He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live.

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29 (A)If you know that He is righteous, you know that (B)everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

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29 If you know that he is righteous,(A) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(B)

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17 For (A)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, (B)“The just shall live by faith.”

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17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed(A)—a righteousness that is by faith(B) from first to last,[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[b](C)

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  1. Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
  2. Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4

The Essence of the Law

12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (B)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today (C)for your [a]good?

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:13 benefit or welfare

Fear the Lord

12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you(A) but to fear(B) the Lord your God, to walk(C) in obedience to him, to love him,(D) to serve the Lord(E) your God with all your heart(F) and with all your soul,(G) 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands(H) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?(I)

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Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

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Dear children,(A) do not let anyone lead you astray.(B) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.(C)

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18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” (A)Show me your faith without [a]your works, (B)and I will show you my faith by [b]my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is [c]dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works (C)when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see (D)that faith was working together with his works, and by (E)works faith was made [d]perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, (F)“Abraham believed God, and it was [e]accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called (G)the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

25 Likewise, (H)was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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  1. James 2:18 NU omits your
  2. James 2:18 NU omits my
  3. James 2:20 NU useless
  4. James 2:22 complete
  5. James 2:23 credited

18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,(A) and I will show you my faith(B) by my deeds.(C) 19 You believe that there is one God.(D) Good! Even the demons believe that(E)—and shudder.

20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]?(F) 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(G) 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together,(H) and his faith was made complete by what he did.(I) 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b](J) and he was called God’s friend.(K) 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?(L) 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(M)

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  1. James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
  2. James 2:23 Gen. 15:6

22 But (A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For (B)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (C)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (D)this one will be blessed in what he does.

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22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A) 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(B) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(C)

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16 (A)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

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16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear(A) before God and man.

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21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”

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  1. John 14:21 reveal

21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

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