Galatians 3:21
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21 Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.
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Galatians 2:21
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21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness[a] comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
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- 2.21 Or justification
Romans 9:31
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31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(A)
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Romans 3:20-22
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20 For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.(A)
Righteousness through Faith
21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets,(B) 22 the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ[a] for all who believe.[b] For there is no distinction,(C)
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Galatians 2:19
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19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,(A)
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Romans 10:3-6
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3 Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(A) 4 For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(B)
Salvation Is for All
5 Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that “the person who does these things will live by them.”(C) 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down)
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Romans 7:7-13
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The Law and Sin
7 What then are we to say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”(A) 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.(B) 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived 10 and I died, and the very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.(C) 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.(D)
13 Did what is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin that was working death in me through what is good, in order that it might be shown to be sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.
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Galatians 2:17
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17 But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
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Romans 3:31
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31 Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
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Romans 3:4
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4 By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written,
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- 3.4 Other ancient authorities read you may prevail
Philippians 3:6-9
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6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.(A) 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ(B) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ,[a] the righteousness from God based on faith.(C)
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- 3.9 Or through the faith of Christ
Romans 3:6
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6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
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Matthew 5:17-20
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The Law and the Prophets
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.(A) 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,[a] not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.(B) 19 Therefore, whoever breaks[b] one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.(C) 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Hebrews 11:7
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7 By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.(A)
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