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Romans 3:23

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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 1 from verse 23
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  2. 1 John 1:8–10Rank 2 from verse 23
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  3. Galatians 3:22Rank 3 from verse 23
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    22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

  4. Romans 3:9Rank 4 from verse 23
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    9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

  5. Romans 11:32Rank 5 from verse 23
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    32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

  6. Romans 3:19Rank 6 from verse 23
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    19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:12Rank 7 from verse 23
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    12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  8. 2 Thessalonians 2:14Rank 8 from verse 23
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    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  9. 1 Peter 4:13Rank 9 from verse 23
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    13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

  10. Romans 5:2Rank 10 from verse 23
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    2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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  12. 1 Peter 5:10Rank 12 from verse 23
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    10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

  13. Hebrews 4:1Rank 13 from verse 23
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    1LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

  14. 1 Peter 5:1Rank 14 from verse 23
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    1THE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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Romans 3:23

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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short

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Brief or limited in length, time, amount, or reach; lacking what is required.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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3:21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

3:22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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3:24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

3:25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

3:26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

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