Romans 10:3

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They don’t understand ⌞how to receive⌟ God’s approval. So they try to set up their own way to get it, and they have not accepted God’s way for receiving his approval.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:33

But you were fair about everything that has happened to us. You have been faithful, but we have been wicked.

Job 33:27

Each one sings in front of other people and says, ‘I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.

Psalm 71:19

Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God. You have done great things. O God, who is like you?

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you people who pursue what is right and seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Isaiah 51:6

Look at the sky. Look at the earth below. The sky will vanish like smoke. The earth will wear out like clothing, and those who live there will die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 51:8

Moths will eat them like clothing. Worms will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, and my salvation will last throughout every generation.

Isaiah 56:1

This is what the Lord says: Preserve justice, and do what is right. My salvation is about to come. My righteousness is about to be revealed.

Isaiah 57:12

I’ll tell you about your righteous ways and what you have done, but they won’t help you.

Isaiah 64:6

We’ve all become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us shrivel like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.

Lamentations 3:22

the Lord’s mercy. We were not completely wiped out. His compassion is never limited.

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy sets of seven time periods have been assigned for your people and your holy city. These time periods will serve to bring an end to rebellion, to stop sin, to forgive wrongs, to usher in everlasting righteousness, to put a seal on a prophet’s vision, and to anoint the Most Holy One.

Leviticus 26:41

I will oppose them and bring them into the lands of their enemies. Then, if they humble their uncircumcised hearts and accept their guilt,

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to justify his question. So he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

So Jesus said to them, “You try to justify your actions in front of people. But God knows what’s in your hearts. What is important to humans is disgusting to God.

Romans 1:17

God’s approval is revealed in this Good News. This approval begins and ends with faith as Scripture says, “The person who has God’s approval will live by faith.”

Romans 10:2

I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God, but they are misguided.

Romans 10:20

Isaiah said very boldly, “I was found by those who weren’t looking for me. I was revealed to those who weren’t asking for me.”

Romans 11:7

So what does all this mean? It means that Israel has never achieved what it has been striving for. However, those whom God has chosen have achieved it. The minds of the rest of Israel were closed,

Romans 3:22

Everyone who believes has God’s approval through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no difference between people.

Romans 3:26

He waited so that he could display his approval at the present time. This shows that he is a God of justice, a God who approves of people who believe in Jesus.

Romans 5:19

Clearly, through one person’s disobedience humanity became sinful, and through one person’s obedience humanity will receive God’s approval.

2 Corinthians 5:21

God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him.

Deuteronomy 6:25

This is how we’ll have the Lord’s approval: If we faithfully obey all these laws in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.”

Philippians 3:9

and to have a relationship with him. This means that I didn’t receive God’s approval by obeying his laws. The opposite is true! I have God’s approval through faith in Christ. This is the approval that comes from God and is based on faith

2 Peter 1:1

From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who have obtained a faith that is as valuable as ours, a faith based on the approval that comes from our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.