Romans 3:5

First Nations Version

As human beings we might think that our wrongdoing only proves that the Great Spirit was right about us all along. Would we then be able to say that it is wrong for him to show his anger toward us?

Cross References

Romans 6:19

I am using weak human words to speak to weak human beings! You used to walk in impure ways and became the slaves of doing wrong, leading to even worse things. So now, in the same way, begin to walk as slaves of doing what is good and right, living life in a sacred manner.

Galatians 3:15

My sacred family members, I will now speak to you from a human point of view. Once a peace treaty has been made between human beings, no one can change or put an end to the agreement.

1 Corinthians 9:8

I am not just looking through human eyes, for our Sacred Teachings tell us the same things.

Romans 7:7

But if you think I am saying our tribal law is at fault or that it is the reason we walk in our broken ways, you are not thinking straight. What I am saying is that the law shows us how bad our broken ways have become. I would not have known that some desires are wrong if the law had not said, “Do not desire what belongs to another.”

Romans 4:1

How does our tribal ancestor, Father of Many Nations (Abraham), fit into this way of trusting? What can we learn from what he found?

Romans 2:5

Because your hearts are unwilling to bend to the ways of the Great Spirit, your lives are becoming filled with the things that make the Great Spirit angry. A day is coming when Creator’s great anger against these things and his decision to do what is right will be made clear.

Revelation 18:20

“Dance with joy, you who live in the spirit-world above! Let your hearts beat with gladness you holy ones, message bearers, and prophets! For the Great Spirit has decided the fate of the great Village of Confusion (Babylon) for what she did to you.”

Revelation 15:3

They were singing the song of Creator’s servant Drawn from the Water (Moses) and the song of Creator’s Lamb. “O Great Creator and Honored One!” they sang with one voice. “All that you do is powerful and full of wonder! Your ways are right and true, O Chief of All Nations!

1 Corinthians 15:32

If the dead do not rise, why would I risk my life fighting with the wild beasts at Village of Desire (Ephesus)? If the dead do not rise, some will say, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Romans 12:19

My much-loved family members, do not take the punishment of others into your own hands. Instead, turn all anger and wrath over to the Great Spirit. For the Sacred Teachings tell us, “Punishment for wrongs belongs to me,” says the Great Spirit Chief. “I will make sure that wrongs are made right again.”

Romans 6:1

What can we say about this? Should we continue to walk in our broken ways so that Creator will show us even more kindness?

Romans 3:19

From these Sacred Teachings we can see that we Tribal Members have not followed our own tribal laws. Our Sacred Teachings have spoken against us, giving us nothing to say in our own defense, and proving that we, along with all the people of the world, stand guilty. And we must give an answer to the Great Spirit for what we have done.

Romans 3:7

“But if the Great Spirit is proved to be right by my failure to stand true, why am I found to be in the wrong?”

Romans 5:8

But here is the way the Maker of Life proves how deep his love is for us: even when we were still following our bad hearts and broken ways, the Chosen One gave his life for us.

Romans 8:31

What more can be said? If Creator stands with us, who can stand against us?

Romans 9:30

What can we say about this? We are saying that the Outside Nations found good standing in the eyes of the Great Spirit even though they did not follow our tribal law. Instead, they trusted in what Creator has done.

2 Corinthians 6:4

Instead, we represent ourselves to others in a good way as servants of the Great Spirit. It is with great patience that we walk through times of trouble, suffering, and misery.

2 Corinthians 7:11

Look at what Creator has done in you. He has turned your sorrow into something good. You took my warnings to heart, restored your reputation, and put your anger to good use. You treated my counsel with great respect, and your burning desire was to make the wrongs right again. In every way you have represented yourselves in a good and sacred manner.

Galatians 2:18

For if I were to rebuild the things I have torn down, that would prove that I was wrong from the first and make me a lawbreaker.