Romans 1:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
[SUP]Cobus, love you, the following is showing you by scripture it is by faith in Jesus Christ and no works of the flesh ever pleases God for all sin has been (past tense) condemned to the flesh it is by and through faith that one is made righteous before God the Father in Christ Jesus, the way the truth the life.
Romans 1:17
[/SUP][SUP]17 [/SUP]For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Romans 5
New King James Version (NKJV)
Faith Triumphs in Trouble
5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have[SUP][a][/SUP] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, [SUP]2 [/SUP]through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [SUP]3 [/SUP]And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; [SUP]4 [/SUP]and perseverance, character; and character, hope. [SUP]5 [/SUP]Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Christ in Our Place
[SUP]6 [/SUP]For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. [SUP]7 [/SUP]For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. [SUP]8 [/SUP]But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. [SUP]9 [/SUP]Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. [SUP]10 [/SUP]For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. [SUP]11 [/SUP]And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— [SUP]13 [/SUP](For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. [SUP]14 [/SUP]Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. [SUP]15 [/SUP]But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. [SUP]16 [/SUP]And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. [SUP]17 [/SUP]For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. [SUP]19 [/SUP]For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, [SUP]21 [/SUP]so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 11
New King James Version (NKJV)
By Faith We Understand
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [SUP]
2 [/SUP]For by it the elders obtained a
good testimony.
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3 [/SUP]By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Faith at the Dawn of History
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4 [/SUP]By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
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5 [/SUP]By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; [SUP]
[a][/SUP] for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. [SUP]
6 [/SUP]But without faith
it is impossible to please
Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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7 [/SUP]By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Faithful Abraham
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8 [/SUP]By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. [SUP]
9 [/SUP]By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as
in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; [SUP]
10 [/SUP]for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker
is God.
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11 [/SUP]By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child[SUP]
[b][/SUP] when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. [SUP]
12 [/SUP]Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born
as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
The Heavenly Hope
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13 [/SUP]These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them,[SUP]
[c][/SUP] embraced
them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. [SUP]
14 [/SUP]For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. [SUP]
15 [/SUP]And truly if they had called to mind that
country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly
country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
The Faith of the Patriarchs
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17 [/SUP]By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten
son, [SUP]
18 [/SUP]of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,”[SUP]
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19 [/SUP]concluding that God
was able to raise
him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
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20 [/SUP]By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
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21 [/SUP]By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped,
leaning on the top of his staff.
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22 [/SUP]By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
The Faith of Moses
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23 [/SUP]By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw
he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.
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24 [/SUP]By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, [SUP]
25 [/SUP]choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, [SUP]
26 [/SUP]esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in[SUP]
[e][/SUP] Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
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27 [/SUP]By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. [SUP]
28 [/SUP]By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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29 [/SUP]By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry
land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
By Faith They Overcame
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30 [/SUP]By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. [SUP]
31 [/SUP]By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
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32 [/SUP]And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also
of David and Samuel and the prophets: [SUP]
33 [/SUP]who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, [SUP]
34 [/SUP]quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. [SUP]
35 [/SUP]Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. [SUP]
36 [/SUP]Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. [SUP]
37 [/SUP]They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted,[SUP]
[f][/SUP] were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— [SUP]
38 [/SUP]of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains,
in dens and caves of the earth.
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39 [/SUP]And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, [SUP]
40 [/SUP]God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
