Romans 2:13
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13 For (A)it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
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Romans 2:13
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13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(A) the law who will be declared righteous.
James 1:22-25
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22 But be (A)doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, (B)the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, (C)he will be blessed in his doing.
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James 1:22-25
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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)
1 John 3:7
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7 Little children, (A)let no one deceive you. (B)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
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1 John 3:7
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7 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)
James 2:21-25
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21 (A)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that (B)faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed (C)by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, (D)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a (E)friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also (F)Rahab the prostitute justified by works (G)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
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James 2:21-25
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21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(A) 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together,(B) and his faith was made complete by what he did.(C) 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[a](D) and he was called God’s friend.(E) 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?(F)
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- James 2:23 Gen. 15:6
Romans 2:25
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25 For circumcision indeed is of value (A)if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
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Romans 2:25
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25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(A) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(B)
Galatians 2:16
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16 yet we know that (A)a person is not justified[a] by works of the law (B)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, (C)because by works of the law no one will be justified.
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- Galatians 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17
Galatians 2:16
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16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(A) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(B) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(C)
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- Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
Romans 10:5
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5 For (A)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that (B)the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
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Romans 10:5
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5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](A)
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- Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
Luke 8:21
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21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those (A)who hear the word of God and do it.”
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Luke 8:21
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21 He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”(A)
1 John 2:29
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29 If you know that (A)he is righteous, you may be sure that (B)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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1 John 2:29
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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)
Galatians 3:11-12
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11 Now it is evident that (A)no one is justified before God by the law, for (B)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[a] 12 But the law is not of faith, rather (C)“The one who does them shall live by them.”
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- Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
Galatians 3:11-12
New International Version
11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(A) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[a](B) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[b](C)
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- Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
- Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
Romans 4:2-5
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2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but (A)not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? (B)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now (C)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but (D)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
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- Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24
Romans 4:2-5
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2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(A) 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](B)
4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(C) but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(D)
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- Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22
Romans 3:30
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30 since (A)God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and (B)the uncircumcised through faith.
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Romans 3:30
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30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(A)
Acts 13:39
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39 and by him (A)everyone who believes is freed[a] from everything (B)from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
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- Acts 13:39 Greek justified; twice in this verse
Acts 13:39
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39 Through him everyone who believes(A) is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.(B)
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