and they were only hearing, "The one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith that formerly he was attempting to destroy,"

but knowing that a person is not justified by the works of the law, if not by faith in Jesus Christ, and we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law {no human being will be justified}.

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

I want only to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Therefore does the one who gives you the Spirit and who works miracles among you [do so] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

then understand that the ones {who have faith}, these are sons of Abraham.

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: "In you all the nations will be blessed."

So then, the ones [who have] faith are blessed together with Abraham who believed.

Now [it is] clear that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because "the one who is righteous will live by faith."

But the law is not from faith, but "the one who does these [things] will live by them."

in order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

But the scripture imprisoned all under sin, in order that the promise could be given by faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.

But before faith came, we were detained under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.

So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.

But [after] faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,

For through the Spirit by faith we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;

in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.

[that] Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,

in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one,

Peace to the brothers and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And because I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.

and may be found in him, not having my righteousness [which is] from the law, but [which is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,

[since we] heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with [him] through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

for from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.

and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,

Because of this, I also, [when I] could endure [it] no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain.

But now, [because] Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that {you always think kindly of us}, desiring to see us just as also we [desire to see] you,

because of this, brothers, we have been comforted because of you in all our distress and affliction through your faith,

night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,

We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing

so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

for which [purpose] we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,

But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers [dearly] loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you [as] first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,

and that we may be delivered from evil and wicked people, {for not all have the faith}.

to Timothy, [my] true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan [that is] by faith.

But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy,

and the grace of our Lord abounded with the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.

having faith and a good conscience, which some, [because they] have rejected [these], have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith,

for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, [I am] not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience,

For those who have served well acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith [that is] in Christ Jesus.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

[By] teaching these [things] to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.

Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

But if someone does not provide for his own [relatives], and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.

But you, O man of God, flee from these [things], and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

which some, [by] professing [it], have deviated concerning the faith. Grace [be] with you [all].

{remembering the} sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that [is] in you also,

Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.

who have deviated concerning the truth [by] saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some.

But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, [and] peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

And {just as} Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.

But you have faithfully followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,

and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.

Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of the chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth that [is] according to godliness,

to Titus, [my] true child according to a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,

Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, [and] in endurance.

not stealing, but demonstrating all good faith, in order that they may do credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

All those with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace [be] with all of you.

[because I] hear about your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.

[I pray] that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge [of] every good [thing] that [is] in us for Christ.

{For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us}, just as those also [did], but the message {they heard} did not benefit them, [because they] were not united with those who heard [it] in faith.

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."

But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of [our] souls.

Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.

By faith we understand the worlds were created by the word of God, in order that what is seen did not come into existence from what is visible.

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God.

Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.

By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith Abraham, [when he] was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.

By faith also, {with Sarah}, he received {the ability to procreate} even {past the normal age}, because he regarded the one who had promised [to be] faithful.

These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming [them], and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.

By faith Abraham, [when he] was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only [son],

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things that were going to happen.