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By no means: verily let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.)

By no means: for then how shall God judge the world?

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie to his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Now we know that whatever things the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being testified by the law and the prophets;

Even the righteousness of God, [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference:

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

[Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Seeing [it is] one God who will justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory, but not before God.

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who reviveth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as though they were.

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.