Habakkuk 2:2-4

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The Lord’s Answer

²Then the Lord replied:

“Write^(A) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald^[a] may run with it.
³For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(B)
    it speaks of the end^(C)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(D) for it;
    it^[b] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(E)

⁴“See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person^(F) will live by his faithfulness^[c]^(G)—

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Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith

Romans 1:16-17

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¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^(A) because it is the power of God^(B) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:^(C) first to the Jew,^(D) then to the Gentile.^(E) ¹⁷For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed^(F)—a righteousness that is by faith^(G) from first to last,^[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”^[b]^(H)

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

Galatians 3:10-14

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¹⁰For all who rely on the works of the law^(A) are under a curse,^(B) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”^[a]^(C) ¹¹Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,^(D) because “the righteous will live by faith.”^[b]^(E) ¹²The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[c]^(F) ¹³Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law^(G) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”^[d]^(H) ¹⁴He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,^(I) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.^(J)