Romans 1:17

For the rightwiseness of God is showed in it, of faith into faith, as it is written, For a just man liveth of faith.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

In Context

16For I shame not the gospel, for it is the virtue of God into health, to each man that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek. (For I am not ashamed of the Gospel or the Good News, for it is the power of God unto salvation, to everyone who believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.)

18For the wrath of God is showed from heaven on all unpiety and wickedness [or unrightwiseness] of those men, that withhold [or that hold aback] the truth of God in unrightwiseness.

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Cross References

Habakkuk 2:4Lo! the soul of him, that is unbelieveful, shall not be rightful in himself; forsooth the just man shall live in his faith. (Behold! the soul of him, who is unbelieving, shall not be right within himself; but the just, (or the righteous), shall live by faith.)

Romans 3:3And what if some of them believed not? Whether the unbelief of them hath voided the faith of God? (or Hath their lack of faith made God’s faithfulness null and void?)

Romans 9:30Therefore what shall we say? That heathen men that (pur)sued not rightwiseness, have gotten [or have caught] rightwiseness, yea, the rightwiseness that is of faith. (And so then what shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not follow righteousness, have gotten righteousness, yea, the righteousness that is from faith.)

Philippians 3:9and that I be found in him, not having my rightwiseness that is of the law, but that that is of the faith of Christ Jesus, that is of God the rightwiseness in faith, (and that I be found in him, not having my righteousness that is from the Law, but the righteousness that is from faith in the Messiah Jesus, which is the righteousness from God through faith,)

Hebrews 11:6And it is impossible to please God without faith. For it behooveth that a man coming to God, believe that he is, and that he is [a] rewarder of men that seek 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 →

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