What Does the Bible Say About Justification?

“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”

“Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.”

“I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.”

“In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.”

“The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. it: or, him”

“Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. Surely: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses”

“In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.”

“Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted , that are far from righteousness:”

“I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.”

“He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary ? let him come near to me. mine: Heb. the master of my cause?”

“My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.”

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.”

“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.”

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”

“Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. judgment: or, equity”

“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest”

“In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE LORD: Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu”

“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”

“And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

“And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

“(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.”

“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;”

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

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:”

“Whom 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; set forth: or, foreordained remission: or, passing over”

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

“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”

“Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.”

“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”

“But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”

“Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,”

“Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”

“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.”

“Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.”

“How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.”

“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:”

“And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.”

“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.”

“For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:”

“Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.”

“Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,”

“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. before him: or, like unto him”

“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”

“And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:”

“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;”

“And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

“And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.”

“Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;”

“But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;”

“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”

“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

“And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. atonement: or, reconciliation”

“Wherefore , as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: for that: or, in whom”

“(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.”

“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

“But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”

“And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.”

“For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) by one man's: or, by one offence”

“Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. by the offence: or, by one offence by the righteousness: or, by one righteousness”

“For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”

“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”

“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?”

“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.”

“So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.”

“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.”

“For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. motions: Gr. passions”

“But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. that being: or, being dead to that”

“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid . Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. lust: or, concupiscence”

“But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.”

“For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.”

“And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.”

“For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.”

“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”

“Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid . But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.”

“For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.”

“For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. allow: Gr. know”

“If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.”

“Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.”

“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”

“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”

“Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.”

“I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.”

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”

“But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”

“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? the body: or, this body of death”

“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

“Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”

“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.”

“Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather , that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”

“What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.”

“But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.”

“Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone ;”