Sentences with phrase «through righteousness»

KJV Rom 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.»

But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Rom 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Just as the fact of nature and society grows hostile through injustice, so it will be restored to harmony through righteousness.

I only think that any country is not protected through science but through righteousness, at least longterms.

20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

You are saved by the Gift of God, by believing in Jesus and entering through His righteousness.

But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Not exact matches

You wrote: It pleases God to show forth His righteousness apart from the deeds of the law, apart from the boast of the man that claims a righteousness demonstrated through works.

Seemingly the power elite has become so Satanic or anti-Christian that they are yet disturbed through the smallest remembrance of Christianity (the religion of unselfish love and righteousness) awakened through Catholicsm, cheap - grace - Protestantism, or true Christianity.

Very wrong... After reading through just one page of comments, I am in awe at the level of crazy ignorance, nasty self - righteousness, and fear mongering from Christians.

Through faith in Christ we are clothed in his righteousness and can enter heaven with a clean record.

Philippians 3:8,9 «More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,»

We understand the statement that «we are justified by grace through faith because of Christ» in terms of the substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness of Christ, leading to full assurance of eternal salvation; we seek to testify in all circumstances and contexts to this, the historic Protestant understanding of salvation by faith alone (sola fide).

Martin Luther was so troubled by its calls for people to pursue righteousness through good works that he wanted the whole book to be thrown «into the stove.»

Through sacramental baptism and faith we enter Christ, and in Christ we can do works of righteousness and love despite our natural sinfulness which we have inherited from Adam.

When you read through the Bible chapter for chapter one will get a broader view or the full context about what happened, maybe where it happened why it did happen and for which purpose it happened but: «All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:..»

I also believe that He wants us to live lives of truth and righteousness, because through Jesus, all of us imperfect beings can repent and return and live with Him again.

God, through Adam, gave man the knowledge of good and evil and the free will to either accept the good (God / righteousness) or (Evil / unrighteousness).

Growing up Church of Christ and «water» baptism for salvation I was completely broadsided one day after reading about our sin problem (Romans 3:9 - 20) about God's solution ``... This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe..»

OD «y, when you are quoting Scripture verses, remember, people are looking for the righteousness of God to shine through.

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death..»

This history was to find its fulfillment in an even greater victory at the end - time when all nations would be blessed through Israel in a Kingdom in which righteousness, peace, and prosperity reigned supreme.

For the legalist trying to earn God's favor through good behavior, the bad news is that works of righteousness are not enough impress a holy God; the good news is that salvation is a gift.

shinning through just fine, thanks for proving you're clueless on the righteousness of your god.

It is only Jesus through the Holy Spirit who helps me to do works of righteousness and love.

In their penetration through the obsession with survival, security, and significance they threaten our measured standards of righteousness and goodness and prudence.

Here then is where we arrive at the point: Just as God calls people to respond to His Word with obedience and righteousness through the exercise of their choices (non-meritorious though they might be) and fully expects them to be able to do so, in the same way, God calls people to believe in Jesus for eternal life, and fully expects them to be able to do so (cf. John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47).

17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

At the heart of Lutheran understanding is the insistence that the righteousness of Christ available through faith alone is something totally other.

Thereby the living power of the transcendent and omnipotent Judge is transposed in human experience into the dead body of Satan, as Milton's passage through the death of selfhood unveils the ground of an isolated selfhood as that chasm separating the creature from the Creator, thus making possible the reversal or dissolution of natural virtue and self - righteousness in the immediate and present actualization of the self - annihilation of God.

Moreover, true Christian believers possess an «alien righteousness» given to them from and through Jesus.

Once we become born again, we put on the righteousness of Christ and are able to be sanctified through the power of the Holy Spirit.

So I'm telling people to get ready for the return of Jesus Christ in October 2014, by turning to God through Jesus Christ and accepting that he is the only begotten Son of God who suffered for the sins of the world, and who will give to those who believe in him, when they are raised up at the last trump, his righteousness, so that they will no longer be sinners but sons of God.

He said that baptism means «that our sinful self, with all its evil deeds and desires, should be drowned through daily repentance, and that day after day a new self should arise to live with God in righteousness and purity forever» (The Small Catechism).

Reading this verse seems to say we are saved when we believe and that once saved we may which implies either to continue to believe or continue to live our lives for us though preferably it is best to follow Christ with all our heart because if we walk according to the flesh satan has the opportunity to destroy our lives through the consequences of sin till we repent.Whereas if we walk in righteousness we are covered under the blood of Christ and protected from satans influence though he can oppress us he is on Gods leash as God is sovereign and in this way satan is used to perfect our faith and draw us closer to Christ.

Today we have plenty of cults, sects and false churches replacing practical love and righteousness in daily life (that would require the true faith) through ridiculous rituals (for example, the Muslims keep the 5 Pillars of Islam; that is enough to be a good Muslim, but they are not required to love all people independent from belief, nationality, etc.) The cults, sects and false churches make their members practicing a biased love.

I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ — the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.

OF course, this is odd since apparently he disagrees with himself where he had previously taught [Romans 5.12 - 21] that «sin and death came to the world through one man's sin»,»... so one man's [CHrist's] act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.»

i do nt know wheather you are still living in Law or Grace, but thats what i encourage you to find out, cause nothing seem to make since, when your still trying to live under the Law, you must except the free gift of righteousness by grace through faith, if not, you will always come under condemnation, I experience this for years, Oh Thank God I Am Free, Read Romans, Galation, and ephisans, and Hebews

Acts 17:31 «31 because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.»

Adamant about the centrality of justification by faith through grace, we sometimes verge on a perverse kind of theological works - righteousness.

Or do you really think, as it seems you are saying here, that God gets more glory from those that confess that, as long as they are in this world, they will be in bondage to a certain amount of sin, than from those, like myself, that confess that they are free from sin, and servants of righteousness through the power of Yahshua?

No, a true Christian does not do good to «curry» favor with God, the bible is clear on this, we can not gain favor or salvation through works of righteousness, we do it as an offering to God, an offering of obedience, not to feel good about ourselves.

Wright does not believe that through justification we receive the righteousness of Christ (p. 135).

I am very pleased with how he deals with the forgiveness of sin, and am pondering the idea that the biblical teachings of «resurrection» and being «in Christ» accomplishes what theologians have attempted to do through «imputed righteousness.»

The practices by themselves can be «works righteousness» as easily as expressions of faith through which faith is deepened.

It might be said that the history of the past half - century is the story of human attempts to secure world - community, the triumph of righteousness and justice, the establishment of understanding among the peoples of the earth, but always through the exercise of some variety of coercion.

God demonstrates righteousness through patience, suffering and freedom, not coercion, tough justice or rigid legalism.

The NRSV itself indicates in a footnote that the Greek can be read as «the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ for all who believe.»