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The Book of Romans, Chapter 3, Verse 22

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But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
King James Version
Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
American Standard Version
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
New English Translation
So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
World English Bible
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
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Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
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[Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
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Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
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Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?