SALVATION Romans 1:16-17 Part 2 of 2

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." (Habakkuk 2:4)  

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed 
Romans 3:21  But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
Philippians 3:8-9  What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

a righteousness that is by faith 
Romans 9:30-33  What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 8:14; 28:16)

from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." 
Habakkuk 2:4  "See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright--but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness--..."
Hebrews 10:36-39  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For, "In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay." (Isaiah 26:20; Habakkuk 2:3)  And, "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." (Habakkuk 2:4)  But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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