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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General references

Bible References

God's righteousness

For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

My mouth shall speak daily of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof.

Lift up your eyes to heaven and behold the earth beneath. For heaven shall vanish away as smoke, and the earth shall wear away as a vesture, and the inhabiters thereof shall perish away after the same manner: but my salvation shall endure ever, and my righteousness shall not perish.

Thus sayeth the LORD: Keep equity, and do right, for my saving health shall come shortly, and my righteousness shall be opened.

"Behold, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I will raise up the righteous Branch of David, which shall bear rule, and discuss matters with wisdom, and shall set up equity and righteousness again in the earth.

Seventy weeks are determined over thy people, and over the holy city: that the wickedness may be consumed, that the sin may have an end, that the offense may be reconciled, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, to fulfill the visions and the Prophets, and to anoint the most holy one.

Of sin, because they believe not on me:

for he hath made him to be sin for us, which knew no sin, that we by his means should be that righteousness which before God is allowed.

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them which have obtained like precious faith with us in the righteousness that cometh of our God and saviour Jesus Christ.

To establish

But Israel, which followed the law of righteousness, could not attain unto the law of righteousness.

Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.

We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, stained with the flux of a woman: we fall every and each one as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind.

He, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, "Who is then my neighbor?"

and he said unto them, "Ye are they, which justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abominable in the sight of God.

And he put forth this similitude, unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were perfect, and despised others.

I testify again to every man which is circumcised that he is bound to keep the whole law.

and might be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law: But that which springeth of the faith which is in Christ. I mean, the righteousness which cometh of God through faith

because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

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Therefore I also will walk contrary unto them, and will bring them into the land of their enemies. And then at the least way their uncircumcised hearts shall be tamed, and then they shall make an atonement for their misdeeds.

Thou art righteous in all that thou hast brought upon us: for thou hast done right.

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

{Khet} Namely, that the mercies of the LORD are not clean gone, and that his loving-kindness ceaseth not.

We would never follow thy servants the Prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings and princes, to our forefathers, and to all the people of the land.

Then he came to himself and said, 'How many hired servants at my father's have bread enough, and I die for hunger.

General references

And Adam answered, "The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate."

Moreover it shall be righteousness unto us before the LORD our God, if we take heed to keep all these commandments as he hath commanded us.'

Then said Micah, "Now I am sure that the LORD will be good unto me, seeing I have a Levite to my priest."

Though I washed my self with snowy water, and made mine hands never so clean,

Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.

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