¹⁵ “Then I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’

“And the Lord replied: ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting. ¹⁶ But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen^[a] and of what I will reveal to you.^{(A) 17} I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them^{(B) 18} to open their eyes^(C) so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’^(D)

¹⁷ For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith,^[a](A) just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.^[b](B)[c]

The Promise Granted through Faith

¹³ For the promise to Abraham^(A) or to his descendants that he would inherit the world^(B) was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.^[a]

Faith Triumphs

5 Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith,^(A) we have peace^[a] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.^(B)

⁸ For you are saved by grace^(A) through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

⁹ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law,^(A) but one that is through faith in Christ^[a]—the righteousness from God based on faith.^(B)

⁶ Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.