Romans 1:17

Easy To Read Version

The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God’s way of making people right begins and ends with faith. Like the Scripture {\cf2\super [11]} says, “The person that is right with God by faith will live forever.” {\cf2\super [12]}

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:9

He obeys my laws. He thinks about my decisions and learns to be fair and dependable. He is a good person, so he will live.

Habakkuk 2:4

This message can’t help people that refuse to listen to it. But a \{good person will believe this message. And the\} good person will live because of his faith.”

Numbers 21:9

So Moses obeyed the Lord. He made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Then when a snake bit any person, that person looked at the bronze snake on the pole and lived.

John 3:36

The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”

Romans 10:3

They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 3:21

But God has a way to make people right without the law. And God has now shown us that new way. The law and the prophets {\cf2\super [29]} told us about this new way.

Romans 3:22

God makes people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this for all people that believe in Christ. All people are the same.

Romans 3:3

It is true that some Jews were not faithful to God. But will that stop God from doing what he promised?

Romans 9:30

So what does all this mean? It means this: That the non-Jews were not trying to make themselves right with God. But they were made right with God. They became right because of their faith.

2 Corinthians 3:9

This is what I mean: That old agreement judged people guilty of sin, but it had glory. So surely the new agreement that makes people right with God has much greater glory.

Galatians 3:11

So it is clear that no person can be made right with God by the law. \{The Scriptures say,\} “The person who is right with God by faith will live forever.” {\cf2\super [30]}

Philippians 3:9

It allows me to be in Christ. In Christ I am right with God, and this being right does not come from my following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in Christ to make me right with him.

Hebrews 10:38

The person who is right with me (God)\par will have life because of his faith.\par But if that person turns back \{in fear\},\par I will not be pleased with him.” {\cf2\super [142]} \par \i (Habakkuk 2:3-4)\i0 \par