Romans 9:30

Gentiles who were not pursuing righteousness have obtained it, namely the righteousness that comes by faith. God grants right standing to those who simply trust him.

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• Phil 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
• Heb 11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Gal 2:16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
• Rom 4:11He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
• Gal 5:5For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
• Rom 10:20Isaiah is very bold, and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
• Rom 10:10For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• Isa 51:1“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
• Rom 10:6But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);
• Eph 2:12that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
• Rom 9:14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
• Rom 3:21–22But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
• Rom 3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
• Eph 4:17–19This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
• Prov 21:21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
• Rom 1:17–32For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
• Isa 65:1–2“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
• 1 Pet 4:3For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
• 1 Tim 6:11But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
• Rom 4:9Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
• Gal 3:24So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
• Rom 4:22Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
• Prov 15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
• Gal 3:8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
• Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Rom 9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
• 1 Cor 6:9–11Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
• Rom 4:13For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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