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 \v 6 May it never be! For then how would God judge the world?
 
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-\v 7 But if the truth of God through my lie provides abundant praise for him, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
-\v 8 Why not say, as we are falsely reported to say, and as some affirm that we say, "Let us do evil, so that good may come"? The judgment on them is just.
+\v 7 But if the truth of God through my lie multiplies his glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
+\v 8 Why not say, as we are slandered as saying, and as some affirm that we say, "Let us do evil, so that good may come"? Their condemnation is just.
 
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-\v 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known. It was witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
+\v 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been revealed. It was witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
 \v 22 that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe. For there is no distinction.
 
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-\v 27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. On what grounds? Of works? No, but on the grounds of faith.
+\v 27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? Of works? No, but through a law of faith.
 \v 28 We conclude then that a person is justified by faith without works of the law.
 
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 \v 3 For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
 
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-\v 4 Now for him who works, what he is paid is not counted as a gift, but as what is owed.
+\v 4 Now for him who labors, his wage is not counted as a gift, but as what is owed.
 \v 5 But for him who does not work but instead believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.
 
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 \v 13 For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
 \v 14 For if those who live by the law are to be the heirs, faith is made empty, and the promise is void.
-\v 15 For the law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there is no trespass.
+\v 15 For the law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there is no transgression.
 
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 \v 16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all of Abraham's descendants—not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all, 
-\v 17 as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations." Abraham was in the presence of him whom he trusted, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist into existence.
+\v 17 as it is written, "I have appointed you the father of many nations." Abraham was in the presence of him whom he trusted, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist into existence.
 
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 \v 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he would become the father of many nations, according to what he had been told, "So will your descendants be."
 \v 19 Without becoming weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
 
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-\v 20 But because of God's promise, Abraham did not hesitate in unbelief. Instead, he was strengthened in faith and gave praise to God.
+\v 20 But because of God's promise, Abraham did not hesitate in unbelief. Instead, he was strengthened in faith and gave glory to God.
 \v 21 He was fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to accomplish.
 \v 22 Therefore this was also "counted to him as righteousness."