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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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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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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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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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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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
Romans 10:5
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The Message of Salvation to All
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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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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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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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
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 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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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
Luke 18:14
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (A)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Luke 10:25-29
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 (A)And behold, a (B)lawyer stood up to (C)put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to (D)inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, (E)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and (F)your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; (G)do this, and you will live.”
29 But he, (H)desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Matthew 7:21-27
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I Never Knew You
21 (A)“Not everyone who (B)says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will (C)enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who (D)does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 (E)On that day (F)many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not (G)prophesy in your name, and cast out demons (H)in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 (I)And then will I declare to them, ‘I (J)never knew you; (K)depart from me, (L)you workers of lawlessness.’
Build Your House on the Rock
24 (M)“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like (N)a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like (O)a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
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Psalm 143:2
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Galatians 5:4
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4 You are (A)severed from Christ, (B)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (C)you have fallen away from grace.
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- Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
Romans 3:23
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23 for (A)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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Romans 3:20
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20 For (A)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (B)through the law comes knowledge of sin.
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- Romans 3:20 Greek flesh
Ezekiel 33:30-33
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30 “As for you, (A)son of man, (B)your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ 31 (C)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (D)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. 32 And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and (E)plays[a] well on an instrument, for (F)they hear what you say, but they will not do it. 33 (G)When this comes—and come it will!—(H)then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
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- Ezekiel 33:32 Hebrew like the singing of lustful songs with a beautiful voice and one who plays
Ezekiel 20:11
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11 (A)I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, (B)by which, if a person does them, he shall live.
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Deuteronomy 5:1
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The Ten Commandments
5 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.
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Deuteronomy 4:1
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Moses Commands Obedience
4 “And now, O Israel, listen to (A)the statutes and the rules[a] that I am teaching you, and do them, (B)that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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- Deuteronomy 4:1 Or just decrees; also verses 5, 8, 14, 45
Deuteronomy 30:12-14
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12 (A)It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
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