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Backsliding » Results of » Divine displeasure
But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."
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For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, their last state has become worse than their first.
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Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."
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For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile. For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
It is evident, too, that no one can find acceptance with God simply by obeying the Law, because "the righteous shall live by faith,"
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Justification » Justification by faith
Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.
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not having a righteousness of my own, derived from the Law, but that which arises from faith in Christ--the righteousness which comes from God through faith.
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Standing then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."
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For what says the Scripture? "And Abraham believed God, and this was placed to his credit as righteousness."
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even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness?
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Pleasure » Who cannot please God
But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.
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And those whose hearts are absorbed in earthly things cannot please God.
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For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing. For there is still but a short time and then "The coming One will come and will not delay. But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."