Exodus 34:7
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7 maintaining love to thousands,(A) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(B) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(C) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(D)
Job 4:17
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Job 9:2
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2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
Job 25:4
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
Psalm 130:3
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3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Romans 3:20-23
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20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(A) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(B)
Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(C) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.(D) 22 This righteousness(E) is given through faith(F) in[a] Jesus Christ(G) to all who believe.(H) There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,(I) 23 for all have sinned(J) and fall short of the glory of God,
Footnotes
- Romans 3:22 Or through the faithfulness of
Galatians 2:16
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16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(A) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(B) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(C)
Footnotes
- Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
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