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What is the relationship between faith, grace, and commandment-keeping? Paul declares that "we establish the law" through faith (Rom 3:31) and that believers are "not under the law, but under grace" (Rom 6:14-15), yet immediately denies that grace permits sin. James insists that "faith without works is dead" (Jas 2:17,26) and uses Abraham's obedience as the supreme example (Jas 2:21-23). How do justification by faith (Rom 3:28; Gal 2:16; Eph 2:8-9) and the continuing authority of the commandments (Mat 5:17-19; Rev 14:12; 1 Jhn 5:3) hold together without producing either works-righteousness (legalism) or antinomianism (lawlessness)? What does "the obedience of faith" (Rom 1:5; 16:26) mean? How does grace "teach" godly living (Tit 2:11-14)? What role does Hebrews 11's catalogue of faith-heroes play, given that their faith consistently issued in obedience? How does Jesus's warning in Mat 7:21-23 ("depart from me, ye that work iniquity/lawlessness") relate to His promise that believing saves?

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FAITH

Source: naves_db.py --topic "FAITH" (score 0.81 for "faith and works")

General scriptures concerning: 2SA 22:31; PSA 2:12; 5:11; 7:1; 9:9,10; 18:30; 32:10; 33:18,19; 34:1-8,22; 36:7; 40:4; 64:10; 78:5-7; 84:5,12; 112:5,7,8; 118:8,9; 125:1; 147:11; PRO 3:5; 14:26; 22:19; 28:25; 29:25; 30:5; ISA 10:20; 14:32; 26:3; 30:15; 57:13; JER 17:7,8; 39:18; NAM 1:7; MAT 9:22; 21:21,22; MRK 9:23,24; 11:23,24; LUK 7:50; 8:48-50; 17:5; 18:8; JHN 11:25-27; ACT 3:16; 13:48; 26:18; ROM 1:16,17; 4:1-25; 5:1; 9:31-33; 10:6-10; 11:20,23; 15:13; 1CO 1:21; 2:5; 12:8,9; 2CO 1:24; GAL 3:1-29; 5:22; EPH 2:8; 6:16; COL 1:23; 2:12; 1TI 1:5,19; 2:15; 4:10; 6:11,12,17; 2TI 4:7,8; HEB 4:1-11; 6:1,7,12,18; 10:35,38,39; 11:1-39; 13:5,6; JAS 1:6; 2:1-26; 1PE 1:5,7,9,21; 3:5; 1JN 3:21; 5:4; REV 22:7

Faith in Christ: ISA 28:16; MAT 7:24,25; JHN 1:12; 3:14-16,18,36; 5:24; 6:29,35,47; 11:25,26; 12:36; 14:1,11,12; 20:27,29,31; ACT 3:16; 10:43; 15:9,11; 16:31; ROM 3:22-28; 9:33; 10:4,9; GAL 2:16; 3:1-29; 5:6; EPH 1:12-14; 3:12,17; PHP 3:9; HEB 4:16; 12:2; 1PE 2:6,7; 1JN 5:4,5,10,13,14

Faith exemplified/instances: Noah (GEN 6:22; HEB 11:7), Abraham (GEN 12:1-4; 22:1-10; ROM 4:18-21; HEB 11:8-19), Rahab (JOS 2:9,11; HEB 11:31), David (1SA 17:37,45-47), Daniel (DAN 6), Three Hebrews (DAN 3:16,17), Paul (ACT 27:25; ROM 8:18,28,38,39; GAL 2:20; PHP 4:13)

Trial of faith: 1CH 29:17; PSA 26:2; 81:7; MAT 13:19-22; 24:21-25; LUK 8:13,14; 2TH 1:3-5; HEB 6:13-15; JAS 1:3,12; 1PE 1:7

Sum total of religious belief and life: ROM 1:8; Jude 1:3

OBEDIENCE

Source: naves_db.py --topic "OBEDIENCE" (score 0.79 for "obedience of faith")

General scriptures concerning: GEN 18:19; EXO 19:5; 20:6; 24:7; DEU 5:10; JHN 14:15,23,31; 15:10,14; ACT 4:19; 5:29; ROM 6:17; EPH 2:10; PHP 2:12; HEB 10:7; JAS 2:10-12; 1PE 1:2,14; 1JN 2:3-6,17; 3:22,24; 5:2,3; 2JN 1:6-9; REV 12:17; 22:7,14

Enjoined: MAT 9:9; 19:17,29; JHN 12:26; 13:17; 14:15,21; GAL 3:10,12; 5:3; EPH 4:1,17; 6:6-8; PHP 2:12; 1TI 6:14,18; HEB 13:16; JAS 1:22-25

Key instances of obedient faith: Noah (GEN 6:9,22; HEB 11:7), Abraham (GEN 12:1-4; 17:23; 22:12; HEB 11:8-17; JAS 2:21), Moses (HEB 3:2,3), David (1SA 18:14; ACT 13:22), Jesus (MAT 3:15; 26:39,42; JHN 4:32,34; HEB 3:2), Paul (ACT 23:1; 26:4,5; 2TI 1:3)

GRACE OF GOD

Source: naves_db.py --topic "GRACE OF GOD" (score 0.75 for "law and grace")

General scriptures concerning: GEN 15:6; 20:6; DEU 7:6-9; 9:4-6; JOB 10:12; 22:2,3; PSA 94:17-19; 138:3; 143:11; DAN 9:18; 10:18,19; JHN 6:44,45; 17:11,12,15; ACT 4:29,30; 26:22; ROM 3:22-24; 4:4,5,16; 5:2,6-8,15-21; 9:10-16; 11:5,6; 1CO 1:4-8; 10:13; 15:10; 2CO 1:12; GAL 1:15,16; EPH 1:5-9,11,12; 2:8,9; 3:16; 4:7; PHP 2:13; 1TI 1:14; 2TI 1:9; TIT 3:7; 1PE 1:5; 4:10; 5:10; Jude 1:24,25; REV 3:10

Growth in grace: PSA 84:7; PRO 4:18; PHP 1:6,9-11; 3:12-15; COL 1:10,11; 2:19; 1TH 3:10,12,13; 2TH 1:3; HEB 6:1-3; 1PE 2:1-3; 2PE 3:18

JUSTIFICATION

Source: naves_db.py --topic "JUSTIFICATION" (score 0.64)

General scriptures concerning: GEN 15:6; PSA 32:2; ISA 42:21; 45:24,25; 50:8; 53:11; HAB 2:4; JHN 5:24; ACT 13:39; ROM 1:16,17; 2:13; 3:21,22,24-26,28,30; 4:3-25; 5:1,9,11-21; 6:22; 7:1-25; 8:1,30,31,33,34; 9:30-32; 10:1-21; 1CO 1:30; 6:11; 2CO 5:19,21; GAL 2:14-21; 3:6,8,9,11,21,22,24; 4:21-31; 5:4-6; PHP 3:8,9; COL 2:13,14; TIT 3:7; HEB 11:4,7; JAS 2:20-23,26

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Source: naves_db.py --topic "RIGHTEOUSNESS" (score 0.51)

By faith: GEN 15:6; ROM 4:3,5,9,11,13,20,22,24 Counted for obedience: DEU 6:25; JOB 33:26 Fruits of: DEU 6:25; PSA 1:3; 15:1-5; 106:3; 112:4-8; PRO 11:5,6,18,19,30; 12:28; ISA 32:16-18; 33:15-17; ROM 5:1-5; 6:19-22; 7:4-6; 8:4-6; 14:17-19; GAL 5:22,23; EPH 5:9; PHP 1:11; TIT 2:11,12; JAS 2:14-26; 1JN 2:3-6,29; 3:7,9-11; 5:1-5

SALVATION

Source: naves_db.py --topic "SALVATION" (score 0.78)

Conditions of: MAT 3:2; 18:3; 19:16-21; JHN 3:3-18; 5:24; 6:28,29; ACT 2:38; 16:31 Plan of: ROM 1:16,17; 10:3-9; 16:25,26; 1CO 1:21-25; EPH 1:3-23; 2:4-10; COL 1:19-23; 2TH 2:13,14; 1TI 3:16; 2TI 1:9,10; HEB 2:9,10,14-18 Key unclassified: JHN 3:14-17; 5:24; 6:35,37; ROM 1:5,14,16,17; 3:21-26,28-30; 4:1-25; 5:1,2,15-21; 10:4,8-13; EPH 2:1,3-5,8,9; PHP 2:12; TIT 2:11; 3:3-7; HEB 5:9

LAW

Source: naves_db.py --topic "LAW" (score 0.63)

General scriptures concerning: PSA 19:7-9; 119:1-8; PRO 28:4,5; ROM 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; 1TI 1:5,8-10; JAS 1:25; 1JN 3:4; 5:3 Temporary/ceremonial aspects: JER 3:16; MAT 5:17-45; JHN 1:17; ROM 3:1,2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; GAL 2:3-9; 4:30,31; EPH 2:15; COL 2:14-23; HEB 8:4-13; 10:1-18

COMMANDMENTS

Source: naves_db.py --topic "COMMANDMENTS" (score 0.59)

General scriptures: EXO 13:8-10; 20:3-17; DEU 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47 Precepts of Jesus: MAT 5:16,22-24,27-48; 7:1-29; JHN 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22 Precepts of Paul: ROM 12:1-3,6-21; 13:8-14; GAL 5:1,16; 6:1,2; EPH 4:1-3,26-32; 5:1-6; PHP 2:2-8,12-16; COL 3:1,2,5,8,9,12-17

FAITHFULNESS

Source: naves_db.py --topic "FAITHFULNESS" (score 0.72)

Exhortation to: PSA 12:1; 31:23; PRO 20:6; 28:20; MAT 10:22; 24:45-47; 25:14-23; LUK 12:42-44; 16:10-12; 1CO 4:2; REV 2:10 Instances: Abraham (GAL 3:9), Moses (HEB 3:5), David (2SA 22:22-25), Elijah (1KI 19:10,14)

GRACES (Christian)

Source: naves_db.py --topic "GRACES" (score 0.73)

MAT 5:3-11; ROM 5:3-5; 1CO 13:1-8,13; GAL 5:22,23; 2PE 1:5-9

Related Topics Discovered

• TEN COMMANDMENTS: See COMMANDMENTS
• MORAL LAW: See LAW
• PLAN OF SALVATION: See SALVATION