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21 But God has a way to make people right with him without the law, and he has now shown us that way which the law and the prophets told us about.
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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 makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ, because all people are the same:
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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 All have sinned and are not good enough for God's glory,
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and all need to be made right with God by his grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ.
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and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 God gave him as a way to forgive sin through faith in the blood of Jesus' death. This showed that God always does what is right and fair, as in the past when he was patient and did not punish people for their sins.
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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—
26 And God gave Jesus to show today that he does what is right. God did this so he could judge rightly and so he could make right any person who has faith in Jesus.
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he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 So do we have a reason to brag about ourselves? No! And why not? It is the way of faith that stops all bragging, not the way of trying to obey the law.
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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 A person is made right with God through faith, not through obeying the law.
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For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29 Is God only the God of the Jews? Is he not also the God of those who are not Jews?
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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 Of course he is, because there is only one God. He will make Jews right with him by their faith, and he will also make those who are not Jews right with him 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 So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.
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Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
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