Romans 3:21

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Romans 3:21

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Being

And the

1 Peter 1:10

General references

Matthew 11:13

Matthew 22:40

Romans 3:28

Bible References

Being

"This is what I told you," he said, "when I was still with you--that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled."

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike--without adding a word to what the Prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen--

The Law, though able to foreshadow the Better System which was coming, never had its actual substance. Its priests, with those sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year, can never make those who come to worship perfect.

And the

This Good News God promised long ago through his Prophets in the sacred Scriptures,

And, in obedience to the command of the Immortal God, made known through the writings of the Prophets to all nations, to secure submission to the Faith--

But Heaven must be his home, until the days of the Universal Restoration, of which God has spoken by the lips of his holy Prophets from the very first.

To him it is that all the Prophets bear witness, when they say that every one who believes in him receives through his Name forgiveness of sins."

They then fixed a day with him, and came to the place where he was staying, in even larger numbers, when Paul proceeded to lay the subject before them. He bore his testimony to the Kingdom of God, and tried to convince them about Jesus, by arguments drawn from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets--speaking from morning till evening.

And Scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the Good News to Abraham in the words--'Through thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.'

It was this Salvation that the Prophets, who spoke long ago of the blessing intended for you, sought, and strove to comprehend;

General references

For the teaching of all the Prophets and of the Law continued till the time of John;

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

For we conclude that a man is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to Law.