23For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;
24And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
26And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
27What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.
29Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:
