2*But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets ; ^^even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe : for there is no difference : ^^for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God ; 24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption tliat is in Christ Jesus : ^s^hom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God ; ^Ho declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. ^''Where is boasting then ] It is excluded. By what law ] of works 1 Nay : but by the law of faith. ^^Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 2^/s he the God of the Jews only I is he not also of the Gentiles ?
Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 • SECTION 105
CHAP. 3: 21—31.
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