Romans:3:21-31

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* But now , quite apart from any law , a righteousness coming from God has been fully brought to light , continually witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets . * I mean a righteousness coming from God through faith in Jesus Christ , for all who believe . For there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile , * since all have sinned and lack the glory which comes from God ; * but they are now being justified by his free grace through the deliverance that is in Christ Jesus . * For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith , by means of his blood , in order to show forth his righteousness - since in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed - to show forth his righteousness , * I say , at this present time ; that he himself might be just , and yet the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus . * Then what becomes of boasting ? It is shut out . What sort of law forbids it ? A law of works ? No , but a law of faith . * For I conclude that a man is justified by faith , altogether apart from the deeds of the Law . * Is God then the God of the Jews alone , and not of the Gentiles also ? He is God of the Gentiles also , * since there is one God who will justify the circumcised through faith , and by their faith will he justify the uncircumcised . * Do we then render law invalid through faith ? Certainly not ; on the contrary we make it stand .

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