Romans 10:4

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“For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.”

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“For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 10:4 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 7:15one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;
  2. Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
  3. Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
  4. Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
  5. John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  6. Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
  7. Romans 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  8. Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
  9. Romans 7:1Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
  10. Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  12. Galatians 3:24So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
  13. Colossians 2:10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
  14. Colossians 2:17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
  15. Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
  16. Hebrews 10:8In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
  17. Hebrews 10:14because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

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