Reading for August 22nd

Read Romans 3.21-31
In verses 21-26: Experiencing God's righteousness through Christ.
In verse 21: The righteousness of God: God's integrity and ability to set things right.
In verses 22, 26: To have faith in Jesus Christ means Christ is the object of faith: Believers regard him as God's agent of redemption (v. 24).
To have faith of Jesus Christ means Christ is the example of faith: His fidelity reveals God's integrity and displays the type of faith for which believers should strive (Gal 2.16, 20; 3.20).
In verses 27-31: Faith and law.
In verse 27: Boasting: putting confidence in human achievement instead of divine power (1 Cor 1.29, 31).
In verse 28: This verse compactly summarizes Paul's position (Gal 2.16).
In verses 28-30: Two ways of being religious, or relating to God, are contrasted: through works of the law (of Moses) and law (principle) of faith.
Paul insists that Jews (the circumcised) and gentiles (uncircumcised) relate to God the same way: through ... faith (v. 30).
In verse 31: Overthrow the law probably expresses the views of Paul's critics.
His claim to uphold the law is developed in ch. 4.
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