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By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written,

“So that you may be justified in your words
    and you will prevail[a] when you go to trial.”(A)

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  1. 3.4 Other ancient authorities read you may prevail

Against you, you alone, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
    and blameless when you pass judgment.(A)

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11 I said in my consternation,
    “Everyone is a liar.”(A)

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17 But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

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18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.(A)

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in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began(A)

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The Rock, his work is perfect,
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God, without deceit,
    just and upright is he;(A)

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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true;[a] and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(A)

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  1. 5.20 Other ancient authorities read know the true God

I will bring my knowledge from far away
    and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.(A)

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33 Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified[a] this, that God is true.(A)

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  1. 3.33 Gk set a seal to

160 The sum of your word is truth,
    and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.(A)

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For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever
    and his faithfulness to all generations.(A)

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The Message to Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
    who has the key of David,
    who opens and no one will shut,
        who shuts and no one opens:(A)

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10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God[a] have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.(A)

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  1. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read in the Son

14 What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!(A)

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20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
    from the days of old.(A)

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Those of low estate are but a breath;
    those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
    they are together lighter than a breath.(A)

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21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness[a] comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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  1. 2.21 Or justification

18 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you is not[a] “Yes and No.”

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  1. 1.18 Other ancient authorities read was not

The Salvation of the Gentiles

11 So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling[a] salvation has come to the gentiles, so as to make Israel[b] jealous.(A)

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  1. 11.11 Or transgression
  2. 11.11 Gk them

Slaves of Righteousness

15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

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By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?(A)

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31 Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

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16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Heaven forbid!”(A)

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19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”[a](A)

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  1. 11.19 Other ancient authorities read children