Romans 3:28

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For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

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  • Jas 2:24 : 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
  • John 5:24 : 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
  • John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
  • Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
  • Rom 3:20-22 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'
  • Gal 3:11-14 : 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.' 12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.' 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.' 14 He redeemed us so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
  • Gal 3:24 : 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
  • Eph 2:9 : 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • John 3:14-18 : 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is already condemned, because they have not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

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  • Rom 3:26-27
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    26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

    27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

    17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

    12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.

    22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

    3 What does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.'

    4 Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation.

    5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

    6 Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Jas 2:24
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    24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

  • Rom 3:29-31
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    29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too.

    30 Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.

    31 Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24 And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

  • Gal 3:21-25
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    21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

    22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

    23 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.

    24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

    25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5 Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

    6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

    9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17 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.'

  • Rom 10:4
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    4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

    14 For if those who are of the law inherit, faith is made void, and the promise is nullified.

    15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

    16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

  • Gal 5:4-5
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    4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

    5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • Jas 2:20
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    20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?

  • Jas 2:22
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    22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect.

  • Jas 2:26
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    26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

  • Jas 2:18
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    18 But someone will say, 'You have faith, and I have works.' Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

  • Titus 3:7
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    7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2 I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14 He redeemed us so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.