And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Romans 8:4 - Revised Standard Version in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit]. American Standard Version (1901) that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Common English Bible He did this so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us. Now the way we live is based on the Spirit, not based on selfishness. Catholic Public Domain Version so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us. For we are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. |
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion.
For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war,
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,
and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,