Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
21 But now God's way of putting people right with himself has been revealed. It has nothing to do with law, even though the Law of Moses and the prophets gave their witness to it.
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But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22 God puts people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all:
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This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
23 everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
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and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.
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God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—
27 What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe.
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Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
28 For we conclude that a person is put right with God only through faith, and not by doing what the Law commands.
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For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29 Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles also? Of course he is.
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Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30 God is one, and he will put the Jews right with himself on the basis of their faith, and will put the Gentiles right through their faith.
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since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
31 Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law.
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Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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