Romans 10:3

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:33

You have been fair in everything that has happened to us; you have been loyal, but we have been wicked.

Job 33:27

Then he will say to others, ‘I sinned and twisted what was right, but I did not receive the punishment I should have received.

Psalm 71:19

God, your justice reaches to the skies. You have done great things; God, there is no one like you.

Isaiah 51:1

The Lord says, “Listen to me, those of you who try to live right and follow the Lord. Look at the rock from which you were cut; look at the stone quarry from which you were dug.

Isaiah 51:6

Look up to the heavens. Look around you at the earth below. The skies will disappear like clouds of smoke. The earth will become useless like old clothes, and its people will die like flies. But my salvation will continue forever, and my goodness will never end.

Isaiah 51:8

Moths will eat those people as if they were clothes, and worms will eat them as if they were wool. But my goodness will continue forever, and my salvation will continue from now on.”

Isaiah 56:1

This is what the Lord says: “Give justice to all people, and do what is right, because my salvation will come to you soon. Soon everyone will know that I do what is right.

Isaiah 57:12

I will tell about your ‘goodness’ and what you do, and those things will do you no good.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us are dirty with sin. All the right things we have done are like filthy pieces of cloth. All of us are like dead leaves, and our sins, like the wind, have carried us away.

Lamentations 3:22

The Lord’s love never ends; his mercies never stop.

Daniel 9:24

“God has ordered four hundred ninety years for your people and your holy city for these reasons: to stop people from turning against God; to put an end to sin; to take away evil; to bring in goodness that continues forever; to bring about the vision and prophecy; and to appoint a most holy place.

Leviticus 26:41

which made me turn against them and send them into the land of their enemies. If these disobedient people are sorry for what they did and accept punishment for their sin,

Luke 10:29

But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

Romans 1:17

The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself—that it begins and ends with faith. As the Scripture says, “But those who are right with God will live by faith.”

Romans 10:2

I can say this about them: They really try to follow God, but they do not know the right way.

Romans 10:20

Then Isaiah is bold enough to say: “I was found by those who were not asking me for help. I made myself known to people who were not looking for me.”

Romans 11:7

So this is what has happened: Although the Israelites tried to be right with God, they did not succeed, but the ones God chose did become right with him. The others were made stubborn and refused to listen to God.

Romans 3:22

God makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ, because all people are the same:

Romans 3:26

And God gave Jesus to show today that he does what is right. God did this so he could judge rightly and so he could make right any person who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 5:19

One man disobeyed God, and many became sinners. In the same way, one man obeyed God, and many will be made right.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God.

Deuteronomy 6:25

The right thing for us to do is this: Obey all these rules in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded.”

Philippians 3:9

and to belong to him. Now I am right with God, not because I followed the law, but because I believed in Christ. God uses my faith to make me right with him.

2 Peter 1:1

From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To you who have received a faith as valuable as ours, because our God and Savior Jesus Christ does what is right.