21 But now a
righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law
and the Prophets testify.
22 This righteousness from God comes through
faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23 for all have sinned and
fall short of the
glory of God,
24 and are
justified freely by His [God’s]
grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 God presented Him [Christ] as a sacrifice
of atonement, through faith in His [Christ’s] blood. He [God] did this to
demonstrate His justice, because in His forbearance He had left the sins
committed beforehand unpunished—
26 He
[God] did it to demonstrate His
justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those
who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded.
On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith.
28 For we maintain that a man is justified
by faith apart from observing the law.
29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not
the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30 since there is only one God, who will
justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
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