Readings for Lent and Easter

²¹ But now, the righteousness of God has been made manifest without the Law, having been witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;

²² that is, the righteousness of God by the faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all who believe. For there is no difference.

²³ For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God;

²⁴ and are justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

²⁵ Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation, (through faith in His blood) to declare His righteousness, by the forgiveness of previous sins through God’s forbearance;

²⁶ to show His righteousness at this present time, that He might be just, and a justifier of the one who believes in Jesus.

²⁷ Where, then, is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the Law of faith.

²⁸ Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith, apart from the works of the Law.