Romans 3:22

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

Cross References

Isaiah 61:10

I will find joy in the Lord. I will delight in my God. He has dressed me in the clothes of salvation. He has wrapped me in the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom with a priest’s turban, like a bride with her jewels.

Jeremiah 23:6

In his lifetime, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. This is the name that he will be given: The Lord is our righteousness.

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.

Luke 15:22

“The father said to his servants, ‘Hurry! Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Acts 11:12

The Spirit told me to go with them without any hesitation. Six believers ⌞from Joppa⌟ went with me, and we visited Cornelius’ home.

Acts 15:9

God doesn’t discriminate between Jewish and non-Jewish people. He has cleansed non-Jewish people through faith as he has cleansed us Jews.

Acts 3:16

We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw.

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 10:12

There is no difference between Jews and Greeks. They all have the same Lord, who gives his riches to everyone who calls on him.

Romans 10:4

Christ is the fulfillment of Moses’ Teachings so that everyone who has faith may receive God’s approval.

Romans 2:1

No matter who you are, if you judge anyone, you have no excuse. When you judge another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

Romans 3:30

since it is the same God who approves circumcised people by faith and uncircumcised people through this same faith.

Romans 4:16

Therefore, the promise is based on faith so that it can be a gift. Consequently, the promise is guaranteed for every descendant, not only for those who are descendants by obeying Moses’ Teachings but also for those who are descendants by believing as Abraham did. He is the father of all of us,

Romans 8:1

So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.

Romans 9:30

So what can we say? We can say that non-Jewish people who were not trying to gain God’s approval won his approval, an approval based on faith.

1 Corinthians 12:13

By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who says that you are any better than other people? What do you have that wasn’t given to you? If you were given what you have, why are you bragging as if it weren’t a gift?

Galatians 2:16

Yet, we know that people don’t receive God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God’s approval by faith in Christ and not by our own efforts. People won’t receive God’s approval by their own efforts.

Galatians 2:20

I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture states that the whole world is controlled by the power of sin. Therefore, a promise based on faith in Jesus Christ could be given to those who believe.

Galatians 3:28

There are neither Jews nor Greeks, slaves nor free people, males nor females. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:12

We can go to God with bold confidence through faith in Christ.

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

Colossians 3:11

Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.

James 2:23

The Scripture passage came true. It says, “Abraham believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God.” So Abraham was called God’s friend.