Romans 3:13-28

¹³A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

¹⁴Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

¹⁵Swift are their feet to shed blood.

¹⁶Ruin and misery are in their ways.

¹⁷And a way of peace they did not know.

¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

¹⁹And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

²⁰wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

²¹And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

²²and the righteousness of God is through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, — for there is no difference,

²³for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God —

²⁴being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

²⁵whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God —

²⁶for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who is of the faith of Jesus.

²⁷Where then is the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

²⁸therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.