Romans 3:28

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For we consider that a person is declared righteous 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 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
  • John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.
  • Rom 3:20-22 : 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed– 22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”
  • Gal 3:11-14 : 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. 12 But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them. 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us(because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.
  • Gal 3:24 : 24 Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
  • Eph 2:9 : 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation 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 may have eternal life.” 16 For this is the way God loved the world: 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 that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has 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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    26This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.

    27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

    17But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

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

    12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–

    22namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

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

    3For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

    4Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

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

    6So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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

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

    30Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

    31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Acts 13:39
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    39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

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

    22But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

    23Sons of God Are Heirs of Promise Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

    24Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

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

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

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

  • Phil 3:9
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    9and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

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

    9it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”

  • Rom 10:4
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    4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

    14For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

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

    16For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

  • Gal 5:4-5
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    4You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

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

  • Jas 2:20
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    20But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

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

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

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

  • Titus 3:7
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    7And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

  • Gal 3:2
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    2The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

  • Gal 3:14
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    14in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.