Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation to all who believe, namely to the Jew and also to the Gentile. ¹⁷ For by it the righteousness which comes from God is unveiled, from faith to faith. As it is written: The just shall live by faith.

²² Without doubt, the righteousness which is good before God comes by the faith of Jesus Christ, to all and upon all who believe.

There is no difference. ²³ For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. ²⁵ Him God has made a seat of mercy, through faith in his blood, to show the righteousness that is of value before him, in that he forgives the sins that are past. ²⁶ These God suffered in order to show at this time the righteousness that is granted by him, so that he may be counted just, and a justifier of the person who believes on Jesus.

²⁷ Where then is self-righteousness? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

²⁸ Therefore we hold that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

²⁹ Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, even of the Gentiles also. ³⁰ For there is one God, who justifies circumcision which is of faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

³¹ Do we then destroy the law through faith? God forbid. But we rather maintain the law.

²¹ Not all who say to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name have cast out devils, and in your name done many miracles? ²³ And then I will declare to them that I never knew them. Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity!

²⁴ Whosoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. ²⁵ And much rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that same house; and it did not fall, because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever hears these sayings of mine and does them not shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And much rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.

²⁸ And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his instruction. ²⁹ For he taught them as one having power, and not as the scribes.