Romans 3:21

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“But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.”

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“But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.”

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KJVPD

“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;”

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“And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 3:21 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
  2. Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  3. Isaiah 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  4. Isaiah 46:13I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
  5. Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
  6. Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  7. Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  8. Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  9. Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  10. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  11. Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
  12. John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  13. John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  14. John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
  15. Acts 3:21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
  16. Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
  17. Acts 15:11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
  18. Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  19. Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
  20. Romans 1:2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
  21. Romans 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  22. Romans 5:19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
  23. Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  24. Romans 9:30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

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