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Kerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the message of a biblical text. Kerux opens up each text of the Bible by explaining the message of the text to the original audience, unpacking the timeless truth of the passage, and finally providing communication insights for conveying that truth to a contemporary audience. Each volume is written by a biblical...

Paul’s right standing before God at the final judgment means that he would possess the right standing before God and membership in God’s people that came, not from Jewishness and personal achievement in keeping the law, but rather from God, being appropriated through trust in Christ. 3:9b–c. Διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ is rendered “through faith in Christ” (NIV, ESV, NRSV, CSB, NLT, NASB, KJV, NKJV) or “by way of Christ’s faithfulness” (NET). At the end of the verse, ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει
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