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Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
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For "no human being will be justified in his sight" by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets,
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