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19 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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Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
20 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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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
21 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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But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
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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 since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;
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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 it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one 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.
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