Romans 2:13
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13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight but the doers of the law who will be justified.(A)
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James 1:22-25
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22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.(A) 23 For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves[a] in a mirror;(B) 24 for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. 25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.(C)
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- 1.23 Gk at the face of his birth
1 John 3:7
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7 Little children,[a] let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
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Romans 2:25
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25 Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision.(A)
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James 2:21-25
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21 Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(A) 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and by works faith was brought to completion.(B) 23 Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”[a] and he was called the friend of God.(C) 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers[b] and sent them out by another road?(D)
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Galatians 3:11-12
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11 Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”[a](A) 12 But the law does not rest on faith; on the contrary, “Whoever does the works of the law[b] will live by them.”(B)
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Galatians 2:16
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16 yet we know that a person is justified[a] not by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ.[b] And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by the faith of Christ[c] and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.(A)
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1 John 2:29
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Children of God
29 If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.(A)
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Romans 10:5
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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.”(A)
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Romans 3:30
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30 since God is one, and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(A)
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Luke 8:21
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21 But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”(A)
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Galatians 5:4
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4 You who want to be reckoned as righteous[a] by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(A)
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Romans 4:2-5
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2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.(A) 3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed[a] God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”(B) 4 Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.(C) 5 But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
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Romans 3:20
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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)
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Acts 13:39
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39 by this Jesus[a] everyone who believes is set free from all those sins[b] from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.(A)
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Luke 18:14
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)
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Luke 10:25-29
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.[a] “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”(A) 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “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 your neighbor as yourself.”(B) 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”(C)
29 But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”(D)
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Matthew 7:21-27
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Concerning Self-Deception
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A) 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’(B) 23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(C)
Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(D) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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Ezekiel 33:30-33
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30 As for you, mortal, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses say to one another, each to a neighbor, “Come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.” 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.[a](A) 32 To them you are like a singer of love songs,[b] one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; they hear what you say, but they will not do it. 33 When this comes—and come it will!—then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.(B)
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Ezekiel 20:11
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11 I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live.(A)
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Psalm 143:2
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2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.(A)
Deuteronomy 30:12-14
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12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?’(A) 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?’ 14 No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.
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Deuteronomy 5:1
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The Ten Commandments
5 Moses convened all Israel and said to them:
“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I am addressing to you today; you shall learn them and observe them diligently.
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Deuteronomy 4:1
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Moses Commands Obedience
4 “So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.(A)
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Romans 3:23
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23 since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;(A)
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