Rom 3:27, 9:30-32, 10:1-3, 11:5-6, 1Cor 4:11, 2Cor 11:23-28 | ESV | STEP | Then what becomes of our boasting ? It is excluded . By what kind of law ? By a law of works ? No , but by the law of faith .

Romans 3:27

27 ^aThen what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Romans 9:30-32

Israel’s Unbelief

30 What shall we say, then? ^bThat Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, ^ca righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel ^dwho pursued a law that would lead to righteousness ^{▼▼Greek a law of righteousness} ^fdid not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^gstumbling stone,

Romans 10:1-3

1 Brothers, ^{▼▼Or Brothers and sisters} my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that ⁱthey have a zeal for God, ^jbut not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of ^kthe righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Romans 11:5-6

5 So too at the present time there is ^la remnant, chosen by grace. 6 ^mBut if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

1 Corinthians 4:11

11 To the present hour ⁿwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^obuffeted and ^phomeless,

2 Corinthians 11:23-28

23 Are they ^qservants of Christ? ^rI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^sfar more imprisonments, ^twith countless beatings, and ^uoften near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^vforty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was ^wbeaten with rods. ^xOnce I was stoned. Three times I ^ywas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^zdanger from my own people, ^aadanger from Gentiles, ^abdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 ^acin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^adin hunger and thirst, often without food, ^{▼▼Or often in fasting} in cold and exposure. 28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for ^afall the churches.