Romans 1:17
For in it there is a revelation of the divine righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as scripture says – ‘Through faith the righteous will find life.’
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Habakkuk 2:4The strength of the proud fails, but the upright lives by their faithfulness.
Romans 3:3What follows then? Some, no doubt, showed a want of faith; but will their want of faith make God break faith? Heaven forbid!
Romans 9:30What are we to say, then? Why, that Gentiles, who were not in search of righteousness, secured it – a righteousness which was the result of faith;
Philippians 3:9and be found in union with him. Any righteousness that I have is not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ – the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
Hebrews 11:6but without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.
Matthew Henry on Romans 1:17-19
Paul's Discourse on Justification. ( a. d. 58.) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Paul here enters upon a large discourse of… Read the whole commentary →