Righteousness Through Faith

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(A) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.(B)

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43 All the prophets testify about him(A) that everyone(B) who believes(C) in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”(D)

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16 In those days Judah will be saved(A)
    and Jerusalem will live in safety.(B)
This is the name by which it[a] will be called:(C)
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’(D)

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  1. Jeremiah 33:16 Or he

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(A) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(B) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(C)

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  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices(A) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(B)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(C) like a priest,
    and as a bride(D) adorns herself with her jewels.

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“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(A)
a King(B) who will reign(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right(D) in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(E)
This is the name(F) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(A)
    the worm(B) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(C)
    my salvation through all generations.”

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Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man(A) the many were made sinners,(B) so also through the obedience(C) of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed(A)—a righteousness that is by faith(B) from first to last,[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[b](C)

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

the gospel he promised beforehand(A) through his prophets(B) in the Holy Scriptures(C)

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11 No! We believe it is through the grace(A) of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

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13 I am bringing my righteousness(A) near,
    it is not far away;
    and my salvation(B) will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,(C)
    my splendor(D) to Israel.

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By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(A) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(B) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(C)

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](D) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(E) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(F) in holy fear built an ark(G) to save his family.(H) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(I)

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(J) obeyed and went,(K) even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land(L) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(M) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(N) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(O) with foundations,(P) whose architect and builder is God.(Q) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(R) was enabled to bear children(S) because she[b] considered him faithful(T) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(U) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(V)

13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(W) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(X) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(Y) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(Z) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(AA) Therefore God is not ashamed(AB) to be called their God,(AC) for he has prepared a city(AD) for them.

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(AE) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c](AF) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(AG) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(AH)

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(AI) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(AJ)

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(AK) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(AL)

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(AM) 25 He chose to be mistreated(AN) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(AO) for the sake of Christ(AP) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(AQ) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(AR) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(AS) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(AT)

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(AU)

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(AV)

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d](AW)

32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(AX) Barak,(AY) Samson(AZ) and Jephthah,(BA) about David(BB) and Samuel(BC) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(BD) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(BE) 34 quenched the fury of the flames,(BF) and escaped the edge of the sword;(BG) whose weakness was turned to strength;(BH) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(BI) 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(BJ) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(BK) and even chains and imprisonment.(BL) 37 They were put to death by stoning;[e](BM) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(BN) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(BO) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(BP) and in holes in the ground.

39 These were all commended(BQ) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,(BR) 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(BS) would they be made perfect.(BT)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
  2. Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
  3. Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
  4. Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
  5. Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E) Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(F) But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(G) It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(H) to take away sins.(I)

Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(J) he said:

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
    but a body you prepared for me;(K)
with burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you were not pleased.
Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(L)
    I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](M)

First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(N)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(O) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(P) through the sacrifice of the body(Q) of Jesus Christ once for all.(R)

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(S) which can never take away sins.(T) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(U) he sat down at the right hand of God,(V) 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.(W) 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect(X) forever those who are being made holy.(Y)

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  1. Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.(A) Christ is the culmination of the law(B) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(C)

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46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(A) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(B)

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14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(A) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[a](B) 15 that everyone who believes(C) may have eternal life in him.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.

44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:(A) Everything must be fulfilled(B) that is written about me in the Law of Moses,(C) the Prophets(D) and the Psalms.”(E)

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24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(A) and strength.(B)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(C)
25 But all the descendants(D) of Israel
    will find deliverance(E) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(F)

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15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites.(A) You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.”(B)

17 The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet(C) like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words(D) in his mouth.(E) He will tell them everything I command him.(F) 19 I myself will call to account(G) anyone who does not listen(H) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.(I)

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Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)

To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:

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10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke(A) of the grace that was to come to you,(B) searched intently and with the greatest care,(C)

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For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(A)

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26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings(A) by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[a] faith(B)

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  1. Romans 16:26 Or that is

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