BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONESHALL LIVEBY FAITH;AND IFHE SHRINKS BACK,MY SOULHASNOPLEASUREIN HIM.
"For I have keptthe waysof the LORD,And have not actedwickedlyagainstmy God.
The LORDfavorsthose who fearHim, Those who waitfor His lovingkindness.
For the LORDtakespleasurein His people;He will beautifythe afflictedoneswith salvation.
For You are not a Godwho takespleasurein wickedness;Noevildwellswith You.
I will hearwhatGodthe LORDwill say;For He will speakpeaceto His people,to His godlyones;But let them not turnbackto folly.
"Behold,My Servant,whom I uphold;My chosenone [in whom] My souldelights.I have putMy Spiritupon Him; He will bringforthjusticeto the nations.
"But when a righteousmanturnsawayfrom his righteousness,commitsiniquityand doesaccording to allthe abominationsthat a wickedmandoes,will he live?Allhis righteousdeedswhichhe has donewill not be rememberedfor his treacherywhichhe has committedand his sinwhichhe has committed;for them he will die.
"Again, when a righteousmanturnsawayfrom his righteousnessand commitsiniquity,and I placean obstaclebeforehim, he will die;sinceyou have not warnedhim, he shall diein his sin,and his righteousdeedswhichhe has doneshall not be remembered;but his bloodI will requireat your hand.
"When I sayto the righteoushe will surelylive,and he [so] trustsin his righteousnessthat he commitsiniquity,noneof his righteousdeedswill be remembered;but in that same iniquityof his whichhe has committedhe will die.
"Behold,as for the proudone, His soulis not rightwithin him; But the righteouswill liveby his faith.
And those who have turnedbackfrom followingthe LORD,And those whohave not soughtthe LORDor inquiredof Him."
"Ohthat there were one among you who would shutthe gates,that you might not uselesslykindle[fire on] My altar!I am not pleasedwith you," saysthe LORDof hosts,"norwill I acceptan offeringfrom you.
"BEHOLD,MY SERVANTWHOMI HAVE CHOSEN;MY BELOVEDIN WHOMMY SOULis WELL-PLEASED;I WILL PUTMY SPIRITUPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIMJUSTICETO THE GENTILES.
yethe hasno[firm] rootin himself,but is [only] temporary,and when afflictionorpersecutionarisesbecauseof the word,immediatelyhe falls away.
For in it [the] righteousnessof Godis revealedfrom faithto faith;as it is written,"BUT THE RIGHTEOUS[man] SHALL LIVEBY FAITH."
Nowthat no oneis justifiedby the LawbeforeGodis evident;for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MANSHALL LIVEBY FAITH."
who bothkilledthe LordJesusand the prophets,and droveus out. They are not pleasingto God,but hostileto allmen,
But we are not of those who shrink backto destruction,but of those who have faithto the preservingof the soul.
You have condemnedand put to deaththe righteous[man]; he does not resistyou.
They wentout from us, but they were not [really] of us; for ifthey had beenof us, they would have remainedwith us; but [they went out], sothat it would be shownthat they allare not of us.
