Romans 3:21

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Summary

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

Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that everything which is written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, had to be fulfilled."

Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth."

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

As I have gotten help from God clear down to this very day, I stand here to testify to high and low alike, without adding a syllable to what Moses and the prophets said should take place,

For since the law cast only a shadow of the blessings to come and did not possess the reality itself of those blessings, the priests with the same sacrifices that are perpetually offered year after year cannot make perfect those who come to worship.

And the

which long ago He promised through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

but now has been fully brought to light by means of the prophetic Scriptures, and in accordance with the command of the eternal God has been made known to all the heathen, to win them to obedience inspired by faith --

Yet heaven must retain Him till the time for the universal restoration of which God in the early ages spoke through the lips of His holy prophets.

To this very One all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in Him is to receive the forgiveness of sins through His name."

So they set a day for him, and came in large numbers to see him at the place where he was lodging, and from morning till night he continued to explain to them the kingdom of God, at the same time giving them his own testimony and trying from the law of Moses and the prophets to convince them about Jesus.

Because the Scripture foresaw that God would bring the heathen into right standing with Himself on condition of faith, He beforehand proclaimed the good news to Abraham in the promise, "It is through you that all the heathen will be blessed."

Even the prophets, who prophesied about the spiritual blessing meant for you, made careful investigations and persistent research about this salvation,

General references

For up to the days of John all the prophets, and even the law, prophesied about it,

The essence of the whole law and the prophets is packed into these two commands."

For we hold that a man is brought into right standing with God by faith, that observance of the law has no connection with it.