Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Justification before God » Under the law » Man cannot attain to
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
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For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
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Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
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"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God? If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,