. . .Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin. 003:021 But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it— 003:022 a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made; 003:023 for all alike have sinned, and all consciously come short of the glory of God, 003:024 gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus. 003:025 He it is whom God put forward as a Mercy-seat, rendered efficacious through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness—because of the passing over, in God's forbearance, of the sins previously committed— 003:026 with a view to demonstrating, at the present time, His righteous. . . Read More