Matthew 7:21

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²¹¶ ^[a]Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, ^(A)but he that doeth my Father’s will which is in heaven.

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Matthew 7:21 Even the best gifts that are, are nothing without godliness.

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Romans 2:13

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¹³^[a](For the hearers of the Law are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Law shall be ^[b]justified.

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Romans 2:13 He preventeth an objection which might be made by the Jews, whom the Law doth not excuse, but condemns, because that not the hearing of the Law, but the keeping of the Law doth justify.
Romans 2:13 Shall be pronounced just before God’s judgment seat: which is true indeed, if any such could be found that had fulfilled the law: but seeing Abraham was not justified by the Law, but by faith, it followeth that no man can be justified by works.

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James 2:21

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²¹Was not Abraham our father ^[a]justified through works, ^(A)when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

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James 2:21 Was he not by his works known and found to be justified? for he speaketh not here of the causes of justification, but by what effects we may know that a man is justified.

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