Romans 2:13
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13 (for (A)not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;
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James 1:22-25
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22 But (A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For (B)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (C)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (D)this one will be blessed in what he does.
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1 John 3:7
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7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
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James 2:21-25
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21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works (A)when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see (B)that faith was working together with his works, and by (C)works faith was made [a]perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, (D)“Abraham believed God, and it was [b]accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called (E)the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise, (F)was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
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- James 2:22 complete
- James 2:23 credited
Romans 2:25
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Circumcision of No Avail
25 (A)For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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Galatians 2:16
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16 (A)knowing that a man is not [a]justified by the works of the law but (B)by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not (C)by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
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- Galatians 2:16 declared righteous
Romans 10:5
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5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, (A)“The man who does those things shall live by them.”
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Luke 8:21
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21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
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1 John 2:29
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29 (A)If you know that He is righteous, you know that (B)everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
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Galatians 3:11-12
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11 But that no one is [a]justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for (A)“the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet (B)the law is not of faith, but (C)“the man who does them shall live by them.”
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- Galatians 3:11 declared righteous
Romans 4:2-5
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2 For if Abraham was (A)justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? (B)“Abraham believed God, and it was [a]accounted to him for righteousness.” 4 Now (C)to him who works, the wages are not counted [b]as grace but as debt.
David Celebrates the Same Truth
5 But to him who (D)does not work but believes on Him who justifies (E)the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
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- Romans 4:3 imputed, credited, reckoned, counted
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Romans 3:30
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30 since (A)there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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Acts 13:39
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39 and (A)by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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