Romans 3:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets,

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Common English Bible

²¹ But now God’s righteousness has been revealed apart from the Law, which is confirmed by the Law and the Prophets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.

Romans 3:21 Cross References

Acts 10:43

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is the name by which it will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”

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.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my whole being shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool, but my deliverance will be forever and my salvation to all generations.

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would reckon as righteous the gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the gentiles shall be blessed in you.”

Romans 5:19

For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

Romans 1:17

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.”

Romans 1:2

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Acts 15:11

On the contrary, we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”

Isaiah 46:13

I bring near my deliverance; it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as equally honorable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace intended for you made careful search and inquiry,

Galatians 5:5

For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Acts 26:22

To this day I have had help from God, and so I stand here, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place:

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city: to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.

Genesis 15:6

And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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.

1 Corinthians 1:30

In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Romans 9:30

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

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so grace might also reign through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Acts 28:23

After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

Romans 3:28

For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.

2 Corinthians 3:9

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