Romans 1:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The good news tells how God accepts everyone who has faith, but only those who have faith. It is just as the Scriptures say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:9

and faithfully obeys my laws and teachings. This man is good, and I promise he will live.

Habakkuk 2:4

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

Numbers 21:9

Moses obeyed the LORD. And all of those who looked at the bronze snake lived, even though they had been bitten by the poisonous snakes.

John 3:36

Everyone who has faith in the Son has eternal life. But no one who rejects him will ever share in that life, and God will be angry with them for ever.

Romans 10:3

what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.

Romans 3:21

Now we see how God does make us acceptable to him. The Law and the Prophets tell how we become acceptable, and it isn't by obeying the Law of Moses.

Romans 3:22

God treats everyone alike. He accepts people only because they have faith in Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:3

It is true that some of them did not believe the message. But does this mean that God cannot be trusted, just because they did not have faith?

Romans 9:30

What does all this mean? It means that the Gentiles were not trying to be acceptable to God, but they found that he would accept them if they had faith.

2 Corinthians 3:9

If something that brings the death sentence is glorious, won't something that makes us acceptable to God be even more glorious?

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so that Christ could make us acceptable to God.

Galatians 3:11

No one can please God by obeying the Law. The Scriptures also say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”

Philippians 3:9

and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ.

Hebrews 10:38

The people God accepts will live because of their faith. But he isn't pleased with anyone who turns back.”