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Matthew 3:15
But Jesus, answering, said to him,“ Allow it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he* allowed Him.
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Isaiah 1:24-27
Therefore the Lord God of armies, The Mighty One of Israel, declares,“ Ah, I will have satisfaction against My adversaries, And avenge Myself on My enemies.I will also turn My hand against you, And smelt away your impurities as with lye; And I will remove all your slag.Then I will restore your judges as at first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city.”Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.
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Romans 7:12
So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel After those days, declares the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
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Psalms 40:8
I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart.”
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Isaiah 42:4
He will not be disheartened or crushed Until He has established justice on the earth; And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”
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Matthew 5:17-20
“ Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished!Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.“ For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Romans 3:31
Do we then nullify the Law through faith? Far from it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
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Isaiah 46:12-13
“ Listen to Me, you stubborn minded, Who are far from righteousness.I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off; And My salvation will not delay. And I will grant salvation in Zion, And My glory for Israel.
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Psalms 71:19
For Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; God, who is like You?
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Romans 8:3-4
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Matthew 3:17
and behold, a voice from the heavens said,“ This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
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John 13:31-32
Therefore when he had left, Jesus* said,“ Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him;if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
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Galatians 3:21
Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? Far from it! For if a law had been given that was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.
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2 Corinthians 5 19-2 Corinthians 5 21
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said,“ This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”
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John 17:4-5
I glorified You on the earth by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.
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Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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Psalms 85:9-12
Certainly His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.Graciousness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.Truth sprouts from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven.Indeed, the Lord will give what is good, And our land will yield its produce.
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Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us— for it is written:“ Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—
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John 15:10
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
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Philippians 3:9
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,
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1John 3:4-5
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Psalms 71:16
I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
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Daniel 9:24-27
“ Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the wrongdoing, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until Messiah the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty two weeks; it will be built again, with streets and moat, even in times of distress.Then after the sixty two weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.And he will confirm a covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come the one who makes desolate, until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, gushes forth on the one who makes desolate.”
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Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law.
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Romans 3:25-26
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished;for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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John 8:29
And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”