Romans 4 Cross References - Riverside

¹ WHAT then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, experienced? ² For if Abraham was pronounced righteous because of works, he had something to boast of. But he had nothing before God; ³ for what says the Scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness." ⁴ To him who works, wages are credited not as by grace, but as due; ⁵ but to him who does not work, but believes in him who calls the unrighteous man righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness. ⁶ Just so David speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works, ⁷ "Blessed are they whose lawless acts have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over. ⁸ Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not charge up to him." ⁹ Does this blessedness come to the circumcision, or also to the uncircumcision? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness." ¹⁰ How was it credited, when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. ¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them; ¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised. ¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is emptied of value and the promise is nullified. ¹⁵ For the Law works wrath. But where there is no law, neither is there lawbreaking. ¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us ¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations"), in the view of the God whom he believed, who makes alive the dead and calls things that are not as if they were. ¹⁸ Abraham, when hope was past, believed in hope so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said to him, "So shall your descendants be"; ¹⁹ and without being weakened in faith he recognized his own body as dead, when he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ Still he did not hesitate through want of faith in the promise of God, but was strong in faith, thus giving glory to God, ²¹ and was fully confident that what God had promised he was able to perform. ²² Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness. ²³ It was not written for his sake only, that it was credited to him, ²⁴ but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited if we believe in him who raised up from the dead Jesus our Lord, ²⁵ who was delivered up on account of our sins and was raised again that we might be accounted righteous.

⁹ and do not think of saying to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you God is able out of these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

³ "Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ "Blessed are they that mourn! For they will be comforted. ⁵ "Blessed are the gentle! For they will inherit the land. ⁶ "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness! For they will have abundance. ⁷ "Blessed are the compassionate! For they will receive compassion. ⁸ "Blessed are the pure in heart! For they will see God. ⁹ "Blessed are the peacemakers! For they will be called sons of God. ¹⁰ "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness! For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and say every evil thing against you falsely for my sake! ¹² Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward is great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

³⁰ If God so clothes the herbage of the field, to-day growing and to-morrow thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of so little faith?

¹¹ I tell you many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁶ But he said, "Why are you frightened, you men of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm.

² They brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, boy, your sins are forgiven."

⁸ The crowds that saw it were astonished and gave glory to God, who had given such power to men.

³¹ At once Jesus stretched out his hand and grasped him and said, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?"

¹⁶ Simon Peter said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

¹ "THE kingdom of heaven is like a man who was a householder, who went out in the early morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ² After agreeing with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ He went out about nine o'clock and saw others standing in the market-place idle ⁴ and said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. ⁵ Again he went out about noon and about three o'clock and did the same. ⁶ About five o'clock he went out and found others standing and said to them, 'Why have you been standing the whole day idle?' ⁷ They said, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go too into my vineyard.' ⁸ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay their hire, beginning with the last and going on to the first.' ⁹ When those who were hired about five o'clock came, they received a shilling apiece, ¹⁰ and when those who were hired first came, they thought that they would get more. But they too received a shilling apiece. ¹¹ When they received it, they grumbled at the householder ¹² and said, 'These last worked one hour and you have made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the heat.' ¹³ But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a shilling? ¹⁴ Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last man the same as to you. ¹⁵ Have I not the right to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?' ¹⁶ So the last will be first and the first last."

²⁸ just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."

³⁵ While he was still speaking, people came from the house of the synagogue Director and told him, "Your daughter is dead; why annoy the teacher any longer?" ³⁶ But Jesus, overhearing what they were saying, said to the Director, "Never fear; only believe."

²³ Jesus said, " 'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes." ²⁴ At once the father of the child cried out, "I believe; help my unbelief."

¹⁰ Have you never read this Scripture, 'The stone which the builders despised has become the chief stone of the corner;

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.

¹⁸ Zacharias said to the angel, "By what proof shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."

³⁷ For "no word that comes from God will fail."

⁴⁵ Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a complete fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord!"

³² a light for revelation to Gentiles and a glory to thy people Israel."

⁸ Produce then fruits suitable for a change of heart, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father.' For I tell you, God is able out of these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

⁴⁷ For this reason I tell you her sins, many as they are, have been forgiven, for she loved much. For he to whom little is forgiven loves little." ⁴⁸ He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven." ⁴⁹ The other guests began to say to themselves, "Who is this that even forgives sins?" ⁵⁰ He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

²³ And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ He called and said, 'Father Abraham, have compassion on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.'

²⁴ He called and said, 'Father Abraham, have compassion on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you had your good things in full in your lifetime, and Lazarus likewise had his evil things. Now he is here receiving comfort and you are in anguish.

²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you had your good things in full in your lifetime, and Lazarus likewise had his evil things. Now he is here receiving comfort and you are in anguish. ²⁶ Moreover, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who wish to cross from here to you cannot, nor can any cross from there to us.' ²⁷ But he said, 'I beg you, then, Father, to send him to my father's house, ²⁸ for I have five brothers, in order to testify to them, so that they may not come also to this place of torment.' ²⁹ Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.' ³⁰ But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will have a change of heart.' ³¹ Abraham replied, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rises from the dead.'

⁹ Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁴ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that every one who believes in him may have life eternal." ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that every one who believes in him may not perish, but have life eternal.

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

²⁴ Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has life eternal and does not come into condemnation, but has passed over from death into life. ²⁵ Truly, truly, I tell you that the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

²⁹ Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom he has sent."

³⁵ Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never hunger, and he who believes in me will never thirst.

⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looks upon the Son and believes in him shall have life eternal, and I will raise him up on the last day."

⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has life eternal.

⁶³ The spirit is what gives life; the flesh is of no account. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

³⁸ He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within him." ³⁹ This he said referring to the Spirit which those who had believed in him were soon to receive. For as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

³³ They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been in slavery to any man. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

³⁷ I know that you are descendants of Abraham; but you are trying to kill me, because my word has no place within you. ³⁸ I am speaking what I have seen with my Father and you are doing what you have heard with your father." ³⁹ They answered him, "Abraham is our father." He said to them, "If you were children of Abraham you would do the works of Abraham.

³⁹ They answered him, "Abraham is our father." He said to them, "If you were children of Abraham you would do the works of Abraham. ⁴⁰ But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

⁴⁰ But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do this. ⁴¹ You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of unchastity. We have one father — God."

⁵³ Are you greater than our father Abraham? And yet he died and the prophets died. Whom do you make yourself out to be?"

⁵⁶ Abraham your father rejoiced that he was to see my day, and he saw it and was glad."

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in me even though he dies will live, ²⁶ and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe this?"

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here. Here are my hands. Reach your hand and put it into my side, and become not faithless, but believing." ²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

²⁴ But God freed him from the pangs of death and raised him up, since it was impossible that he should be held under the power of death.

³⁹ For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all those who are far off, as many as the Lord your God may call."

²⁶ "Brethren, sons of Abraham's race and those among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to you.

³⁰ But God raised him from the dead

³⁸ "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹ Yes, every one who believes in him is cleared from all the sins from which you could not be cleared by the Law of Moses.

¹⁸ who does these things foreknown from of old.'

³⁰ The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to change, ³¹ since he has set a day in which he will soon judge the world in justice by the man whom he has appointed, and of whom he has given evidence to all men by raising him from the dead."

²⁵ So cheer up, men. For I trust in God that it will be as it has been told me.

¹⁷ For a righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, as it is written, "He who is righteous by faith shall live."

¹⁷ For a righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, as it is written, "He who is righteous by faith shall live." ¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and wickedness of men who hold the truth but practice unrighteousness.

⁵ Are you with a hard and unrepentant heart treasuring for yourself wrath for the day of wrath and for the revelation of the just judgment of God? ⁶ He will give to each an award according to his works.

¹² As many as have sinned without a law will perish without a law, and as many as have sinned under law will be judged by law ¹³ (for it is not the hearers of law who are righteous before God, but the doers of law are pronounced righteous;

²⁸ For it is not he who is one outwardly that is a Jew, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh. ²⁹ But he who is one secretly is a Jew, and circumcision is of the heart and in the spirit, not in the letter. His praise is not from men, but from God.

¹⁹ We know that all that the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world may come under the condemnation of God. ²⁰ Therefore by works of the Law no human being will be pronounced righteous before him. For through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

²⁰ Therefore by works of the Law no human being will be pronounced righteous before him. For through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

²⁰ Therefore by works of the Law no human being will be pronounced righteous before him. For through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, confirmed by the Law and the Prophets —

²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, confirmed by the Law and the Prophets — ²² a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers. For there is no difference.

²² a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers. For there is no difference.

²² a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers. For there is no difference. ²³ All have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. ²⁴ All are pronounced righteous by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

²⁴ All are pronounced righteous by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith, for the manifestation of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God —

²⁵ whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith, for the manifestation of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God —

²⁵ whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith, for the manifestation of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God — ²⁶ for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness, that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

²⁶ for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness, that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

²⁶ for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness, that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

²⁶ for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness, that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus. ²⁷ Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? That of works? No, but by the law of faith.

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

²⁷ Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? That of works? No, but by the law of faith. ²⁸ For we reason that a man is pronounced righteous by faith aside from works of law.

²⁸ For we reason that a man is pronounced righteous by faith aside from works of law. ²⁹ Does God belong to the Jews only? Does he not belong also to the Gentiles? Yes, to the Gentiles,

²⁹ Does God belong to the Jews only? Does he not belong also to the Gentiles? Yes, to the Gentiles, ³⁰ if God is one and will pronounce the circumcision righteous by faith and the uncircumcision righteous through faith. ³¹ Do we then by faith nullify the Law? Never. On the contrary we establish the Law.

² For if Abraham was pronounced righteous because of works, he had something to boast of. But he had nothing before God; ³ for what says the Scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness."

⁵ but to him who does not work, but believes in him who calls the unrighteous man righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness. ⁶ Just so David speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

⁹ Does this blessedness come to the circumcision, or also to the uncircumcision? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them; ¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised. ¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us

¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us ¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations"), in the view of the God whom he believed, who makes alive the dead and calls things that are not as if they were.

¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations"), in the view of the God whom he believed, who makes alive the dead and calls things that are not as if they were. ¹⁸ Abraham, when hope was past, believed in hope so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said to him, "So shall your descendants be"; ¹⁹ and without being weakened in faith he recognized his own body as dead, when he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ Still he did not hesitate through want of faith in the promise of God, but was strong in faith, thus giving glory to God, ²¹ and was fully confident that what God had promised he was able to perform. ²² Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness. ²³ It was not written for his sake only, that it was credited to him, ²⁴ but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited if we believe in him who raised up from the dead Jesus our Lord,

²⁴ but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited if we believe in him who raised up from the dead Jesus our Lord,

²⁴ but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited if we believe in him who raised up from the dead Jesus our Lord, ²⁵ who was delivered up on account of our sins and was raised again that we might be accounted righteous.

¹ SO then, since we have been accounted righteous by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ and hope does not disappoint, for the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit granted to us. ⁶ For while we were still without strength Christ, at the due time, died for the unrighteous. ⁷ Hardly for a righteous man will any one die. For a good man some one perhaps may dare to die. ⁸ But God shows his own love to us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

¹³ for down to the time of the Law sin was in the world, and yet sin is not charged where there is no law;

¹⁸ As then through one fall sentence came upon all men and they were condemned; so through one righteous act the free gift came to all men so that they are pronounced righteous and live.

¹⁸ As then through one fall sentence came upon all men and they were condemned; so through one righteous act the free gift came to all men so that they are pronounced righteous and live. ¹⁹ For as by the disobedience of the one man the many were set down as sinners, so by the obedience of the one the many will be set down as righteous. ²⁰ But law came in alongside that the fall might be greater; but where sin became greater grace became greater still, ²¹ in order that as sin reigned in death grace might reign through righteousness and issue in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ WHAT shall we say then? Shall we remain in sin so that grace may be great?

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Never. But I should not have come to know sin except through the Law. I should not have known lust if the Law had not said, "Thou shalt not lust."

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Never. But I should not have come to know sin except through the Law. I should not have known lust if the Law had not said, "Thou shalt not lust." ⁸ Sin, taking occasion through the commandment, worked in me every lust. For apart from the Law sin is dead. ⁹ I was living once, apart from law. But when the commandment came, sin began to live and I died, ¹⁰ and the commandment which meant life was found to mean death. ¹¹ For sin, taking occasion through the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me. ¹² So the Law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good. ¹³ Did then what is good become death to me? Never. But sin, that it might appear sin, worked death in me through the good, in order that it might become beyond measure sinful. ¹⁴ For we know that the Law is spiritual; but I am fleshly, sold under sin. ¹⁵ For what I am doing I do not understand. For not what I choose is what I practice, but what I hate, this I do. ¹⁶ But if I do what I do not choose, I agree with the law that it is right. ¹⁷ And now it is no longer I that do it, but the Sin that dwells in me. ¹⁸ TEXT OMITTED ¹⁹ TEXT OMITTED ²⁰ TEXT OMITTED ²¹ I find then this rule, when I choose to do the right, that evil is present with me. ²² I delight in the Law in my inner man, ²³ but I see another law in my members, warring with the law of my mind and leading me captive under the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴ Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me from this body of death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then I myself with my mind serve the Law of God, but with my flesh the law of sin.

³ For, what was impossible for the Law, because it was weak through the flesh — God, sending his own Son in the form of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned the sin that is in the flesh,

¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead gives life even to your mortal bodies, through his indwelling Spirit in you.

²⁴ For we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope, for what any one sees, why does he hope for?

²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. ³⁰ And those whom he predetermined he also called, and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous, and those whom he pronounced righteous he also glorified.

³⁰ And those whom he predetermined he also called, and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous, and those whom he pronounced righteous he also glorified. ³¹ What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us?

³¹ What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? ³² He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him graciously give us all things? ³³ Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? God pronounces them righteous. ³⁴ Who is there to condemn? Christ Jesus died, or rather was raised, and he is on the right hand of God interceding for us.

³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor archangels, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

⁶ Not that God's word has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel;

⁶ Not that God's word has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel; ⁷ nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but "through Isaac shall your descendants be named." ⁸ That is, not the physical descendants are children, but the children of the promise are counted for descendants.

¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I raised you up in order to show my power upon you and to have my name proclaimed in all the earth."

²³ and in order to make known the richness of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had prepared for glory ²⁴ called us not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

²⁶ and in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they shall be called sons of the living God."

³⁰ What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained righteousness, the righteousness of faith,

³² Why? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over that stumbling stone, ³³ as it is written, "See, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone, a rock to trip over, but he who has faith in him will never be put to shame."

³ For, ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God's righteousness. ⁴ For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every believer.

⁶ But the righteousness of faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who shall ascend into heaven?' that is, to bring Christ down — "

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart a man believes and becomes righteous, and with the mouth he confesses and attains salvation. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." ¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For there is the same Lord of all, rich toward all who call upon him. ¹³ For "Every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

² God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story of Elijah, how he prays to God against Israel?

⁶ But if it is by grace it is no longer because of works, for then grace would be no longer grace.

³⁵ Who first gave to him so as to receive repayment?

⁴ Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls, and stand he will, for God is able to make him stand.

²¹ It is noble not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything over which your brother stumbles.

⁴ All that was written of old was written for our instruction, in order that by patience and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.

⁸ For I say that Christ became a servant of circumcision for the sake of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers

⁸ For I say that Christ became a servant of circumcision for the sake of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers ⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this will I confess thee among the Gentiles and sing to thy name." ¹⁰ And again Scripture says, "Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people." ¹¹ And again, "Sing to the Lord, all Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him." ¹² And again Isaiah says, "There will be a root of Jesse, and one who rises to rule Gentiles: in him Gentiles will hope." ¹³ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit! ¹⁴ I am persuaded, my brethren — yes, I myself — regarding you, that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able to instruct one another. ¹⁵ But I have written rather boldly to you, partly to remind you, because of the grace given to me from God, ¹⁶ that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, in priestly service of the good news of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I do boast in Christ Jesus of my work for God.

¹⁷ I do boast in Christ Jesus of my work for God. ¹⁸ For I will not venture to speak except of what Christ has done through me to promote obedience of Gentiles, by word and deed, ¹⁹ through the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that from Jerusalem around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ,

²⁸ and God has chosen the low-born things and the things of no account, the things that are not, to defeat the things that are, ²⁹ that no human being may boast in God's presence. ³⁰ By God's act you are in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God and righteousness and holiness and deliverance, ³¹ so that, as it is written, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

⁷ For who gives you superiority? What have you that you did not receive? Why are you boasting as if you had not received it?

⁹ Do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit the kingdom of God? Make no mistake, neither the unchaste, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice unnatural vices, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor drunkards, nor the abusive, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such some of you were. But you have washed yourselves; but you have been made holy; but you have been pronounced righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

¹⁸ Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not efface it. Was any one called when uncircumcised? Let him not become circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God is all.

⁹ For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You shall not muzzle an ox when he is treading out grain." Is God thinking of the oxen? ¹⁰ or does he say this wholly for our sakes? For our sakes; for it was written because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher ought to thresh in hope of having a share.

¹⁶ For although I tell the good news I have nothing to boast of. For a necessity is laid upon me. Alas for me if I do not tell the good news!

⁶ These things happened as warnings for us, that we may not be eager for evil things as they were eager.

¹¹ These things happened to those people as warnings and they were written for the instruction of us to whom the closing events of the ages have come.

³ For among the first things I passed on to you what I had received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures,

¹⁷ And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, you are still in your sins.

⁴⁵ Just as it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal," the last Adam became a lifegiving spirit.

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.

¹³ Watch, stand firmly in the faith, be manly, be strong,

²² and sealed us and has given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

⁷ If the service that brought death, engraved in letters on stones, came in glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face — that fading glory — ⁸ how much more glorious will not the service of the Spirit be? ⁹ For if the service that brought condemnation was glory, much more will the service that brings righteousness surpass in glory.

¹² We are not recommending ourselves again to you, but giving occasion to you for boasting on our behalf, that you may have it to use against those who boast of appearances and not of heart.

¹⁹ to proclaim that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting against men their sins, and that he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing to you through us. We pray you on Christ's behalf to be reconciled to God. ²¹ Him who knew no sin God made sin for our sake that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

⁸ God is able to make every blessing abound for you so that having in everything always all that you need, you may abound in every good work,

¹² But what I am doing I shall do so as to cut away all ground of attack from those who wish ground, and that in what they boast of they may be found just like us.

²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descended from Abraham? So am I.

³⁰ If there must be boasting, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

¹ I MUST boast, though it is unprofitable. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago — whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not; God knows — such a man caught up to the third heaven. ³ I know such a man — whether in the body or out of the body I know not; God knows — ⁴ that he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for man to speak. ⁵ Of such a one I will boast, but of myself I will not boast except of my weaknesses. ⁶ Even if I choose to boast I shall not be foolish, for I shall speak the truth. But I guard myself that no one may think of me beyond what he sees me to be, or hears from me, ⁷ and because of the surpassing nature of the revelations. For this reason, that I should not be puffed up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan, to torment me, so that I should not be puffed up. ⁸ Regarding this I three times begged the Lord that it might leave me. ⁹ But he has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you; for power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly then will I boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may abide upon me. ¹⁰ Therefore I rejoice in weaknesses, in rough treatment, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

¹⁸ I begged Titus to go, and I sent along with him the brother. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit and walk in the same steps?

⁴ who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present wicked world according to the will of our God and Father!

¹⁶ knowing that a man is not declared righteous because of works of law, but through faith in Christ Jesus, we also have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be declared righteous because of faith in Christ, and not because of works of law, for because of works of law no human being will be declared righteous. ¹⁷ If while seeking to be declared righteous in Christ we ourselves are found sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Never.

²¹ I do not make nothing of the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died for nothing.

⁶ just as Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness? ⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham.

⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham.

⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham. ⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed."

⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed."

⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed."

⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed." ⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. ¹⁰ For all who are of the works of law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not abide by all the precepts of the book of the Law and do them."

¹⁰ For all who are of the works of law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not abide by all the precepts of the book of the Law and do them."

¹⁰ For all who are of the works of law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not abide by all the precepts of the book of the Law and do them." ¹¹ But that by law no one is declared righteous before God is plain, because, "He who is righteous by faith shall live."

¹¹ But that by law no one is declared righteous before God is plain, because, "He who is righteous by faith shall live." ¹² But the Law is not of faith, but "He who does these things shall live by them."

¹² But the Law is not of faith, but "He who does these things shall live by them." ¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for our sake, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree,"

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for our sake, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree," ¹⁴ in order that the blessing of Abraham might in Jesus Christ come on the Gentiles, that they might receive through faith the promise of the Spirit.

¹⁴ in order that the blessing of Abraham might in Jesus Christ come on the Gentiles, that they might receive through faith the promise of the Spirit.

¹⁶ But the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "and to offsprings," as meaning many, but as if meaning one, "and to your offspring," who is Christ. ¹⁷ I mean this, a covenant ratified by God, the Law that came four hundred and thirty years afterward does not annul, so as to defeat the promise. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise. But God granted it to Abraham by promise.

¹⁸ For if the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise. But God granted it to Abraham by promise. ¹⁹ Why then was the Law? It was added later to make transgressions, until the Offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator.

¹⁹ Why then was the Law? It was added later to make transgressions, until the Offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator. ²⁰ A mediator does not belong to one person, but God is one. ²¹ Is the Law then against the promises of God? Never! For if a law had been given which could give life, then really righteousness would have come by law. ²² But the Scripture has shut up all under sin that the promise based on faith in Jesus Christ may be given to those who have faith.

²² But the Scripture has shut up all under sin that the promise based on faith in Jesus Christ may be given to those who have faith. ²³ Before faith came we were guarded under law, shut up waiting for the faith that was to be revealed. ²⁴ Thus the Law became our tutor leading us to Christ, that we might be declared righteous by faith.

²⁶ You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ All who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸ There cannot be Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female: for you all are one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring and heirs according to the promise.

¹⁵ Where now is the blessing you pronounced on me? For I bear you witness that if it had been possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

²² For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one born of the slave girl and one born of the free wife. ²³ But he who was born of the slave girl was born according to the flesh, while he who was born of the free wife was born by promise. ²⁴ This is an allegory. For these women are the two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery. This is Hagar. ²⁵ Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children. ²⁶ But the Jerusalem on high is free and she is our mother. ²⁷ For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who feel no birth pangs! For many are the children of the desolate — more than those of her who has a husband." ²⁸ But you, brethren, are, as Isaac was, children of promise. ²⁹ But just as then he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now. ³⁰ But what says the Scripture? "Cast out the slave girl and her son. For the son of the slave girl shall not inherit along with the son of the free wife." ³¹ Therefore, brethren, we are not children of a slave girl, but of the free wife.

⁴ You have put an end to Christ's work for you, you who are declared righteous by law; you have fallen away from grace. ⁵ For we in the Spirit because of faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither has circumcision any value nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

¹³ For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the Law, but they wish you to be circumcised in order to boast in your flesh. ¹⁴ But let me never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is crucified to me and I to the world. ¹⁵ For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. ¹⁶ All who walk by this rule — may peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God!

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly heights in Christ,

¹³ In him you also, after hearing the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and putting your faith in him, were sealed by the promised Holy Spirit,

¹⁸ enlightening the eyes of your heart, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the glorious wealth of his inheritance in the holy, ¹⁹ and what the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe according to the inworking of his vast might, ²⁰ which he put forth in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his own right hand in the heavenly heights,

¹ YOU also God raised to life when you were dead in misdeeds and sins ² in which you once walked, following the ways of this age of the world, led by the Ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience. ³ Among these we all lived once in the passions of our flesh and of our thoughts, and we were by nature children of wrath like the rest. ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in misdeeds, made us alive along with Christ — by grace we have been saved —

⁵ even when we were dead in misdeeds, made us alive along with Christ — by grace we have been saved —

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, that no one may boast.

⁹ not of works, that no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are his work, formed in Christ Jesus for good works in which God had prepared beforehand to have us live. ¹¹ Therefore remember that once you were Gentiles in the flesh and were called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands, ¹² and that you were then apart from Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far have become near by the blood of Christ.

⁸ To me, the least of all the holy, has this grace been given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unsearchable riches of Christ

³⁰ Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

² and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God yielding a fragrant odor.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words; for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.

¹⁰ To conclude: Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness that was from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God and rests on faith,

⁶ On account of these things comes the wrath of God.

¹¹ Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave or freeman, but Christ is all and in all.

¹³ though before that I spoke profanely and was a persecutor and insolent in outrages. But I received mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. ¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord overflowed in me with faith and love in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ The saying is trust-worthy and deserving of full acceptance that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners," of whom I am the foremost.

¹³ I charge you in the presence of God who gives life to all, and Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate made the noble confession,

⁹ It is he who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our deeds but according to his own purpose and grace, given to us in Christ Jesus ages ago

¹² and for this reason I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have put my faith, and am confident that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

¹ YOU, therefore, my child, must be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

¹⁶ All Scripture is divinely inspired and is useful for teaching, for proof, for correction of error, for education in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all sin and purify us as his own people earnest in honorable work.

³ For we ourselves were once thoughtless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to passions and various pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness of our Savior, God, and his love to men appeared, ⁵ "not because of works that we had done in righteousness, but out of his own mercy he saved us through the bath of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit ⁶ which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ that we might be declared righteous by his grace and become heirs with the hope of life eternal."

⁷ that we might be declared righteous by his grace and become heirs with the hope of life eternal."

¹⁸ If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account. ¹⁹ I, Paul, write it with my own hand. I will pay it — not to mention to you that you owe me your own self besides.

¹⁴ Since, then, we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we have not a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, for he has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶ Therefore let us come with confidence to the throne of grace and receive compassion and find grace for timely help.

¹³ For God, when making the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, "Surely, I will greatly bless you and greatly multiply you." ¹⁵ And so after patient waiting Abraham obtained what was promised. ¹⁶ For men swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all dispute. ¹⁷ In this case God being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable purpose of his will gave the surety of an oath, ¹⁸ that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to be false, we might have strong encouragement, we who have fled to lay hold on the hope that lies before us. ¹⁹ We have this hope as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and it enters into the tent within the curtain

¹⁹ for the Law brought nothing to perfection — and there is the bringing in of a better hope through which we draw near to God.

²⁸ For the Law makes high priests of men who have infirmities, but the word of the oath, which comes after the Law, makes High Priest of a Son who is perfected forever.

²⁸ so Christ was once for all offered to bear the sins of many and will appear the second time, apart from sin, to those who are looking for him, and bring them salvation.

¹² But this Priest after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, took his seat at the right hand of God, ¹³ for the future only waiting until his enemies are made his footstool. ¹⁴ For by one offering he has forever perfected those who are made holy.

⁷ By faith Noah, after receiving a divine warning regarding things as yet unseen, reverently built an ark for the saving of his household. Thus he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness of faith.

¹¹ By faith Sarah received power to conceive a child even when past the natural time of life, since she thought him trustworthy who had given the promise. ¹² And so from just one man, already dead in that respect, there sprang descendants "as the stars of heaven in multitude and as the sand on the seashore innumerable."

¹² And so from just one man, already dead in that respect, there sprang descendants "as the stars of heaven in multitude and as the sand on the seashore innumerable." ¹³ These all died in faith, not having obtained the promised blessings, but they saw them and greeted them afar and confessed that they were strangers and foreigners in the land.

¹³ These all died in faith, not having obtained the promised blessings, but they saw them and greeted them afar and confessed that they were strangers and foreigners in the land. ¹⁴ For those who say such things make it plain that they are seeking a fatherland. ¹⁵ And if they had been thinking of that land from which they came they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them — of being called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham when he was tested offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises began offering his only son ¹⁸ regarding whom it had been said, "Those only whose descent is through Isaac shall be called your descendants." ¹⁹ He reasoned that God was able to raise him even from the dead, and figuratively he did win him back from the dead.

¹⁹ He reasoned that God was able to raise him even from the dead, and figuratively he did win him back from the dead.

⁹ Besides, we had fathers of our flesh who disciplined us and we used to reverence them. Shall we not much more be submissive to the Father of our spirits and live?

²⁰ May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of an eternal covenant, ²¹ equip you with every good thing for doing his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness" and he was called "God's friend."

⁵ Do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which he made dwell in us long enviously?

¹⁸ for you know that you were not ransomed with perishable things, silver or gold, from your purposeless life handed down from your forefathers, ¹⁹ but by precious blood, as of a faultless, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ,

²¹ who through him are faithful to God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God: once you had not found compassion, but now you have found compassion.

²¹ For to this you were called, because Christ too suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow in his foot-steps.

²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we might die to sins and live to righteousness.

¹⁸ For Christ once for all died for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might lead us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

¹ SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been allotted a faith as precious as ours:

¹⁰ Therefore endeavor more earnestly, brethren, to make sure that you have been called and chosen. For while doing these things you will never stumble.

²⁰ since you know this first, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from any one's private interpretation, ²¹ for prophecy never came by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

⁸ Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like one day.

² And he is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but for those of the whole world.

⁴ Every one who commits sin commits also lawlessness; for sin is lawlessness.

⁹ By this the love of God to us was made plain: that God sent his only Son into the world so that we may have life through him. ¹⁰ In this is love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,

⁹ Then they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and didst ransom for God by thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

¹⁶ and said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷ for the day, the great day, of their wrath has come and who can stand?"

¹⁴ I said to him, "My Lord, you know." He said to me, "These have come out of the great distress and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁴ It was said to them that they should not harm the grass of the earth nor anything green nor any tree, but only the people that did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

¹⁵ From his mouth issues a sharp sword to smite the nations. He will shepherd them with a rod of iron, and he treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God Almighty.