Acts 13:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But everyone who has faith in Jesus is set free.

Cross References

Job 25:4

How can anyone be innocent in the sight of God?

Job 9:20

Even if I were innocent, God would prove me wrong.

Psalm 143:2

I am your servant. Don't try me in your court, because no one is innocent by your standards.

Isaiah 53:11

By suffering, the servant will learn the true meaning of obeying the LORD. Although he is innocent, he will take the punishment for the sins of others, so that many of them will no longer be guilty.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will be different from the agreement I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt. Although I was their God, they broke that agreement.

Habakkuk 2:4

“I, the LORD, refuse to accept anyone who is proud. Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.”

Luke 10:25

An expert in the Law of Moses stood up and asked Jesus a question to see what he would say. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to have eternal life?”

Luke 10:28

Jesus said, “You have given the right answer. If you do this, you will have eternal life.”

Luke 18:14

Then Jesus said, “When the two men went home, it was the tax collector and not the Pharisee who was pleasing to God. If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honoured.”

John 1:17

The Law was given by Moses, but Jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth.

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

Acts 10:43

Every one of the prophets has said that all who have faith in Jesus will have their sins forgiven in his name.

Romans 10:10

God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and tell it to others.

Romans 10:4

But Christ makes the Law no longer necessary for those who become acceptable to God by faith.

Romans 3:19

We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.

Romans 3:20

God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

Romans 4:15

God becomes angry when his Law is broken. But where there isn't a law, it cannot be broken.

Romans 4:24

They were written for us, since we will also be accepted because of our faith in God, who raised our Lord Jesus to life.

Romans 5:1

By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, because of our Lord Jesus Christ, we live at peace with God.

Romans 5:20

The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's kindness was even more powerful.

Romans 5:9

But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger.

Romans 8:1

If you belong to Christ Jesus, you won't be punished.

Romans 8:3

The Law of Moses cannot do this, because our selfish desires make the Law weak. But God set you free when he sent his own Son to be like us sinners and to be a sacrifice for our sin. God used Christ's body to condemn sin.

Romans 9:31

It also means that the people of Israel were not acceptable to God. And why not? It was because they were trying to be acceptable by obeying the Law instead of by having faith in God. The people of Israel fell over the stone that makes people stumble,

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.

Galatians 2:16

But we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by simply obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, and God accepted us because of our faith.

Galatians 2:19

It was the Law itself that killed me and freed me from its power, so that I could live for God. I have been nailed to the cross with Christ.

Galatians 3:8

Long ago the Scriptures said that God would accept the Gentiles because of their faith. That's why God told Abraham the good news that all nations would be blessed because of him.

Galatians 5:3

If you do, you must obey the whole Law.

Hebrews 10:11

The priests do their work each day, and they keep on offering sacrifices that can never take away sins.

Hebrews 7:19

because the Law cannot make anything perfect. At the same time, we are given a much better hope, and it can bring us close to God.