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The righteous will live by faith

Habakkuk, waiting on God in a violent age, was told that the righteous will live by faith. Paul made that line the thesis of Romans and the heart of Galatians.

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Old TestamentHabakkuk 2:4Open this record
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New TestamentRomans 1:17Open this record

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“See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness—
Habakkuk 2:4 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Romans 1:17 quotes Habakkuk 2:4.

Paul grounds the Gospel of righteousness by faith in Habakkuk's line that the righteous will live by faith.

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