eSee 1 Pet. 3:4
acSee 1 Pet. 2:22
Isaiah 26:4
4Trust in the Lord forever,for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 45:25
25In the Lord all the offspring of Israelshall be justified and shall glory.”
Hosea 1:7
7But aI will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I bwill not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”Romans 2:28-29
28For cno one is a Jew dwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29But a Jew is one einwardly, and fcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. gHis praise is not from man but from God.Romans 8:1
Life in the Spirit
1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ▼▼Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
Romans 11:26
26And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,i“The Deliverer will come jfrom Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
1 Corinthians 1:30-31
30And because of him ▼▼Greek And from him
you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us lwisdom from God, mrighteousness and nsanctification and oredemption, 31so that, as it is written, p“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
17Therefore, if anyone is qin Christ, he is ra new creation. ▼▼Or creature
tThe old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18All this is from God, uwho through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us vthe ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling ▼▼Or God was in Christ, reconciling
the world to himself, xnot counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ythe message of reconciliation. 20Therefore, zwe are ambassadors for Christ, aaGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 abFor our sake he made him to be sin acwho knew no sin, so that in him we might become adthe righteousness of God.
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