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17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

For therein \u2014 refers back to the gospel mentioned in verse 16, the revelation of the righteousness of God. Righteousness is God’s holiness toward us. Jesus Christ is God’s righteousness. He<\/u> is how God treats us.<\/h3>\n

Revealed \u2014 continuous, is being revealed<\/h3>\n

The phrase the faith of Christ<\/i> is used seven times in Paul\u2019s epistles. In these seven passages faith is spoken of, not objectively, but subjectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

Objectively, faith is simply trust in another, or in what another has said or done. But subjectively faith is the character which constitutes one worthy of trust. Objectively faith is associated with what one does; subjectively it concerns what he is. One might say, \u201cIf I have faith in you, you had better keep faith with me.\u201d Any English dictionary will give these two definitions of the word \u201cfaith,\u201d and the same is true of the Greek equivalent, pistis<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Romans 3:22<\/span><\/a>, Galatians 2:16<\/span><\/a>, Galatians 3:22<\/span><\/a> and Philippians 3:9<\/span><\/a> we find \u201cthe faith of Christ\u201d and the believer\u2019s faith in Christ mentioned in the same verses, showing the one as complementary to the other.<\/span><\/p>\n

His trustworthiness is revealed as an appeal to our trust. This interpretation does fit logically with the words that precede and follow. Paul\u2019s gospel reveals the righteousness of God \u201cfrom faith to faith, as it is written, The just shall live by faith,\u201d i.e. on the principle of faith, faith in the One who always keeps faith with us. \u2014 Stam.<\/span>
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I’ve heard this phrase explained as believers passing on the truth to others, and of faith being exercised from dispensation to dispensation. Of all the explanations I read, Stam’s (above) is the one that makes the most sense to me in context.<\/p>\n

As it is written, the just shall live by faith<\/span><\/em> \u2014 from Habakkuk 2:4 \u2014 Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous<\/span><\/em> [just, justified] will live by his faith.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For therein \u2014 refers back to the gospel mentioned in verse 16, the revelation of the righteousness … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6306,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/6306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}