Yet we know that a person is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ, never by doing what the Law requires. We, too, have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be put right with God through our faith in Christ, and not by doing what the Law requires. For no one is put right with God by doing what the Law requires.

"When your people sin against you---and there is no one who does not sin---and in your anger you let their enemies defeat them and take them as prisoners to some other land, even if that land is far away,

How can anyone argue with him? He can ask a thousand questions that no one could ever answer.

(SEE 40:3)

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults!

If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned?

But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you.

Don't put me, your servant, on trial; no one is innocent in your sight.

There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.

I said, "There is no hope for me! I am doomed because every word that passes my lips is sinful, and I live among a people whose every word is sinful. And yet, with my own eyes I have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the LORD made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.

All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind.

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.

"I don't know, sir. You do," I answered. He said to me, "These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.

That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.

And this is the message: 'Those who are evil will not survive, but those who are righteous will live because they are faithful to God.' "

For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, "The person who is put right with God through faith shall live."

My righteous people, however, will believe and live; but if any of them turns back, I will not be pleased with them."