26 Bible Verses about Justice, In Believers' Lives
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for when the nations which have not the law perform by nature [the commandments] of the law, these who have not the law are a law to themselves, and they show the work of the law written in their minds, their consciences testifying with them, and their judgments mutually acusing or defending one another;??16 in the day when God shall judge the secret [doings] of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.
And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.read more.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to complete.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. On the contrary I knew not sin except through the law; for I had not known inordinate desire, unless the law had said, You shall not desire inordinately.
But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully; knowing this, that a law is not made for a righteous man, but for the wicked and disorderly, the impious and sinful, the unholy and profane, murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers and murderers of their fellow-men, fornicators, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,read more.
according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been intrusted.
For God's righteousness is revealed in it by faith in the faith [the gospel]; as it is written; The righteous shall live by faith.
BUT now God's righteousness has been made manifest without the law, being testified to by the law and the prophets, but God's righteousness is through the faith of Jesus Christ, in all and upon all that believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,read more.
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
but also for our sakes, to whom it is about to be accounted if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up for our sins and raised for our justification.
Having been justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
What shall we say then? That nations who did not pursue righteousness attained a righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith;
and be found in him, not having my righteousness by the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by the faith,
Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.
for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.
Little children, let no one deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous;
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are reputable, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, consider these things;
Wherefore, laying aside lying let every one speak the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,
And in this also I endeavor always to have a conscience without offense towards God and man.
And behold, a man by the name of Joseph, a counsellor, a good and righteous man, this man had not consented to their design and doing, [he was] from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he expected the kingdom of God.
while Paul maintained in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I done any wrong.
henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.
After this I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and having palm branches in their hands; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation be to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four cherubs, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,read more.
saying, Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. And one of the elders answered and said to me, Who are those clothed with white robes, and whence did they come? And I said to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on the throne will dwell among them. And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat, for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and lead them to fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
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