Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Justification before God » Under the law » Man cannot attain to
How can one born of woman be pure?
For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
Verse Concepts
Lord, who could stand?
Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God? If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand [times].
But Israel, pursuing the law for righteousness, has not achieved the law. Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.