Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Justification before God » Under the law » Man cannot attain to
"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?
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For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.
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If you, O Yah, should {keep track of} iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
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And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.
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"Truly I know that [it is] so, but how can a human being be just before God? If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.
But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain to the law. Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},