Romans 10:3

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Summary

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

God's righteousness

To establish

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Bible References

God's righteousness

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."

My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.

"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

"Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

To establish

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that law.

I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:

I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith--

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

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so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies--if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,

Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.

He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!

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The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."

And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.'

Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."

If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.

And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."