Acts 13:39

New International Reader's Version

Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law could not make you right in God’s eyes.

Cross References

Job 25:4

How can human beings be right with God? How can mere people really be pure?

Job 9:20

Even if I hadn’t sinned, what I said would prove me guilty. Even if I were honest, my words would show that I’m wrong.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.

Isaiah 53:11

After he has suffered, he will see the light of life. And he will be satisfied. My godly servant will make many people godly because of what he will accomplish. He will be punished for their sins.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will not be like the covenant I made with their people of long ago. That was when I took them by the hand. I led them out of Egypt. But they broke my covenant. They did it even though I was like a husband to them,” announces the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:4

“The Babylonians are very proud. What they want is not good. “But the person who is godly will live by his faithfulness.

Luke 10:25

One day an authority on the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”

Luke 10:28

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do that, and you will live.”

Luke 18:14

“I tell you, the tax collector went home accepted by God. But not the Pharisee. All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”

John 1:17

In the past, God gave us grace through the law of Moses. Now, grace and truth come to us through Jesus Christ.

John 5:24

“What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged. They have crossed over from death to life.

Acts 10:43

All the prophets tell about him. They say that all who believe in him have their sins forgiven through his name.”

Romans 10:10

With your heart you believe and are made right with God. With your mouth you say what you believe. And so you are saved.

Romans 10:4

Christ has fulfilled everything the law was meant to do. So now everyone who believes can be right with God.

Romans 3:19

What the law says, it says to those who are ruled by the law. Its purpose is to shut every mouth and make the whole world accountable to God.

Romans 3:20

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Romans 4:15

The law brings God’s anger. Where there is no law, the law can’t be broken.

Romans 4:24

They were written also for us. We believe in the God who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. So God will accept our faith and make us right with himself.

Romans 5:1

We have been made right with God because of our faith. Now we have peace with him because of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:20

The law was given so that sin would increase. But where sin increased, God’s grace increased even more.

Romans 5:9

The blood of Christ has made us right with God. So we are even more sure that Jesus will save us from God’s anger.

Romans 8:1

Those who belong to Christ Jesus are no longer under God’s judgment.

Romans 8:3

The written law was made weak by the power of sin. But God did what the written law could not do. He made his Son to be like those who live under the power of sin. God sent him to be an offering for sin. Jesus suffered God’s judgment against our sin.

Romans 9:31

The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to do those things. But your sins were washed away. You were made holy. You were made right with God. All of this was done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was also done by the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 2:16

Here is what we know. No one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. This is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ. We are not made right by obeying the law. That’s because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Galatians 2:19

By the law, I died as far as the law is concerned. I died so that I might live for God.

Galatians 3:8

Long ago, Scripture knew that God would make the Gentiles right with himself. He would do this by their faith in him. He announced the good news ahead of time to Abraham. God said, “All nations will be blessed because of you.” (Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18)

Galatians 5:3

I say it again. Every man who lets himself be circumcised must obey the whole law.

Hebrews 10:11

Day after day every priest stands and does his special duties. He offers the same sacrifices again and again. But they can never take away sins.

Hebrews 10:4

It isn’t possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 7:19

The law didn’t make anything perfect. Now a better hope has been given to us. That hope brings us near to God.