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Primary Verses:
- Rom. 3:27-31
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"Where is boasting then? It is
excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of
faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of
the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of
the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall
justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision
through faith. Do we
then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yes,
we establish the law."
- Ex. 19:7-9
- "And ye shall be
unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel. And Moses came and called for the
elders of the people, and laid before their faces all
these words which the LORD commanded him. And all the
people answered together, and said, All that the LORD
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of
the people unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Moses,
Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people
may hear when I speak with thee, and
believe
thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people
unto the LORD."
- Gen. 15:6 & Gen. 26:4-5
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"And he
believed in the LORD;
and he counted it to him for righteousness." . . .
"And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of
heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries;
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
Supporting Verses:
- Jer. 31:31-34
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"Behold, the days come, saith
the LORD, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with
the house of Judah: Not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the
land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I
was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this
shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And
they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they
shall all know me, from the least of them unto the
greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
- John 16:7-9
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"Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I
go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but
if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is
come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they
believe not on me;"
- Rom. 14:23 & 1 John 3:4
- Gal. 2:16-17
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"Knowing that a man is not
justified by the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed
in Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works
of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh
be justified. But
if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we
ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ
the minister of sin? God forbid."
1 John 3:4 "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also
the law: for sin is
the transgression of the law."
- Titus 3:8
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"This is a faithful saying, and
these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that
they which have
believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
These things are good and profitable unto men."
- James 2:17-22
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"Even
so faith, if it hath not works, is dead,
being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I
have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I
will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest
that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also
believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man,
that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our
father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his
son upon the altar?
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by
works was faith made perfect?"
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