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But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)

But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.

And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.

and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,

But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone,

but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.