Romans 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith, as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith. [Hab. 2:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

Common English Bible

God’s righteousness is being revealed in the gospel, from faithfulness for faith, as it is written, “The righteous person will live by faith.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the justice of God is revealed within it, by faith unto faith, just as it was written: "For the just one lives by faith."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For the justice of God is revealed therein, from faith unto faith, as it is written: The just man liveth by faith.

Romans 1:17 Cross References

Ezekiel 18:9

follows my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances, acting faithfully—such a one is righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord God.

Habakkuk 2:4

Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faithfulness.

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it upon a pole, and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath.

Romans 10:3

Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.

Romans 3:21

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets,

Romans 3:22

the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

Romans 3:3

What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

Romans 9:30

What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith,

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, much more does the ministry of justification abound in glory!

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Galatians 3:11

Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”