Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;
New American Standard Bible
But now apart
King James Version
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Holman Bible
But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed
International Standard Version
But now, apart from the Law, God's righteousness is revealed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets
A Conservative Version
But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
American Standard Version
But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Amplified
But now the righteousness of God has been clearly revealed [independently and completely] apart from the Law, though it is [actually] confirmed by the Law and the [words and writings of the] Prophets.
An Understandable Version
But now [i.e., under the Gospel age], a way of being considered right with God apart from [any] law has been made known. [The writings of] the law [i.e., the Pentateuch] and the prophets bear witness to this.
Anderson New Testament
But now, God's plan of justifying men without law is revealed, being attested by the law and the prophets;
Common New Testament
But now the righteousness of God has been revealed apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,
Daniel Mace New Testament
but the divine justification certified by the law and the prophets, is now clearly proposed independently of the law:
Darby Translation
But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;
Godbey New Testament
And now the righteousness of God without law has been made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Goodspeed New Testament
But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it.
John Wesley New Testament
But the righteousness of God without the law is now manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets,
Julia Smith Translation
But now without law the justice of God has been made apparent, being testified by the law and by the prophets;
King James 2000
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Lexham Expanded Bible
But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--
Modern King James verseion
But now a righteousness of God has been revealed apart from Law, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now, verily, is the righteousness that cometh of God declared without the fulfilling of the law: having witness yet of the law, and of the prophets.
Moffatt New Testament
But now we have a righteousness of God disclosed apart from law altogether; it is attested by the Law and the prophets,
Montgomery New Testament
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.
NET Bible
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed --
New Heart English Bible
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the Law and the Prophets;
Noyes New Testament
But now, apart from the Law, the righteousness which is of God, to which the Law and the Prophets bear testimony,
Sawyer New Testament
BUT now God's righteousness has been made manifest without the law, being testified to by the law and the prophets,
The Emphasized Bible
But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But now distinct from the law the righteousness of God is manifest, receiving testimony from the law and the prophets;
Twentieth Century New Testament
But now, quite apart from Law, the Divine Righteousness stands revealed, and to it the Law and the Prophets bear witness--
Webster
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being testified by the law and the prophets;
Weymouth New Testament
But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it--
Williams New Testament
But now God's way of giving men right standing with Himself has come to light; a way without connection with the law, and yet a way to which the law and the prophets testify.
World English Bible
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
Worrell New Testament
But now, apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Worsley New Testament
But now, without the law, righteousness before God is manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets;
Youngs Literal Translation
And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,
Themes
Bigotry » Paul's argument against
Faith » Through it is » Justification
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by the faith of jesus Christ
Gentiles/heathen » Gentiles and jews being equal in Christ
Israel/jews » Jews and gentiles being equal in Christ
Law » Prophecies in, of the messiah
Righteousness imputed » Described as » The righteousness of God, without the law
Topics
Interlinear
De
Martureo
Devotionals
Devotionals about Romans 3:21
Devotionals containing Romans 3:21
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 3:21
Images Romans 3:21
Prayers for Romans 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Righteousness Through Faith Revealed
20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets; 22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Acts 10:43
To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.
Romans 1:17
For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.
Romans 1:2
Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,
Romans 16:26
But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
Genesis 15:6
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
Deuteronomy 18:15-19
The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
Isaiah 45:24-25
Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.
Isaiah 46:13
My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.
Isaiah 51:8
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
Isaiah 54:17
No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
Isaiah 61:10
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Jeremiah 33:16
In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
Luke 24:44
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
John 1:45
Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
John 3:14-15
As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:
John 5:46-47
If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.
Acts 3:21-25
Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.
Acts 15:11
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
Acts 26:22
And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;
Acts 28:23
And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
Romans 5:19
Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 9:30
What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
Romans 10:3-4
Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
2 Corinthians 5:21
For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Galatians 3:8
And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.
Galatians 5:5
For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
Philippians 3:9
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Hebrews 10:1-14
For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.
Hebrews 11:4-40
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
1 Peter 1:10
For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: