pvj-06: Key Verses

Romans 3:19-31 (Paul's Full Argument)

Romans 3:19 — "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."

Romans 3:20 — "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin."

Romans 3:21 — "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;"

Romans 3:22 — "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:"

Romans 3:23 — "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"

Romans 3:24 — "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"

Romans 3:25 — "Whom 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;"

Romans 3:26 — "To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."

Romans 3:27 — "Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith."

Romans 3:28 — "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law."

Romans 3:29 — "[Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:"

Romans 3:30 — "Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith."

Romans 3:31 — "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law."

Romans 4:1-8 (Abraham Case Study)

Romans 4:1 — "What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?"

Romans 4:2 — "For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God."

Romans 4:3 — "For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."

Romans 4:4 — "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt."

Romans 4:5 — "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."

Romans 4:6 — "Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,"

Romans 4:7 — "[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered."

Romans 4:8 — "Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."

Romans 2:13 (Doers of the Law)

Romans 2:13 — "(For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."

Romans 6:1-2, 6:15 (Objection: Continue in Sin?)

Romans 6:1 — "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?"

Romans 6:2 — "God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"

Romans 6:15 — "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid."

Romans 8:4 (Righteousness of the Law Fulfilled)

Romans 8:4 — "That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

Ephesians 2:8-10 (Grace, Faith, and Works)

Ephesians 2:8 — "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:"

Ephesians 2:9 — "Not of works, lest any man should boast."

Ephesians 2:10 — "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

Galatians 2:16 (Parallel Formula)

Galatians 2:16 — "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."

Galatians 3:10-14 (Curse of the Law)

Galatians 3:10 — "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."

Galatians 3:11 — "But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith."

Galatians 3:12 — "And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them."

Galatians 3:13 — "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:"

Galatians 3:14 — "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."

Galatians 3:21-22 (Law vs. Promises)

Galatians 3:21 — "[Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law."

Galatians 3:22 — "But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe."

Philippians 3:9

Philippians 3:9 — "And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:"

Titus 3:5-7

Titus 3:5 — "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"

Titus 3:6 — "Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;"

Titus 3:7 — "That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."