13 For (A)it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

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13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(A) the law who will be declared righteous.

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20 For (A)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (B)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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  1. Romans 3:20 Greek flesh

20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(A) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(B)

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For (A)God has done what the law, (B)weakened by the flesh, (C)could not do. (D)By sending his own Son (E)in the likeness of sinful flesh and (F)for sin,[a] he condemned sin in the flesh,

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  1. Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering

For what the law was powerless(A) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[a](B) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(C) to be a sin offering.[b](D) And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

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  1. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  2. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin

16 yet we know that (A)a person is not justified[a] by works of the law (B)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, (C)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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  1. Galatians 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17

16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(A) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(B) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(C)

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  1. Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of

11 Now it is evident that (A)no one is justified before God by the law, for (B)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[a]

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  1. Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live

11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(A) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[a](B)

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  1. Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4

(A)not a result of works, (B)so that no one may boast.

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not by works,(A) so that no one can boast.(B)

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(A)who saved us and (B)called us to[a] a holy calling, (C)not because of our works but because of (D)his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus (E)before the ages began,[b]

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:9 Or with
  2. 2 Timothy 1:9 Greek before times eternal

He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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he saved us, (A)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (B)according to his own mercy, by (C)the washing of regeneration and (D)renewal of the Holy Spirit,

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he saved us,(A) not because of righteous things we had done,(B) but because of his mercy.(C) He saved us through the washing(D) of rebirth and renewal(E) by the Holy Spirit,

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19 (for (A)the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, (B)a better hope is introduced, through which (C)we draw near to God.

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19 (for the law made nothing perfect),(A) and a better hope(B) is introduced, by which we draw near to God.(C)

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