27 Bible Verses about Justification, Necessity Of

Who will lay anything to the charge of God's elect?

But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

And He said to them, Ye are those who justify yourselves before the people; but God knows your hearts: because that which is exalted among the people is abomination in the sight of God.

And He spoke this parable to certain ones having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and despising the rest. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee standing was praying in these words, God, I thank thee because I am not like the rest of the men, extortioners, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican:read more.
I fast twice per week; I give tithes of all things so many as I possess. But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner. I say unto you, He went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one exalting himself shall be abased; and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.

But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Righteous Father, indeed the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and they know that thou didst send me;

For the righteousness of God is revealed in him from faith to faith: as has been written, But the just shall live by faith.

but the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ is unto all who believe: for there is no difference,

And shall not God avenge His elect, crying to Him day and night, and He is long-suffering over them?

And I saw the heaven open, and behold a white horse; and one sitting on him called, Faithful and True, in righteousness he both judges and wages war.

And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men through my gospel according to Jesus Christ.

There is one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who are you, the one judging your neighbor.

So the law is indeed holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity: in order that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to depravity, but according to the spirit.

But we know that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully;

for all sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Therefore no flesh shall be justified by works of law: for through law there is a perfect knowledge of sin. And now the righteousness of God without law has been made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through the faith of Christ Jesus, and we have believed into Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

For I say unto you, that if your righteousness may not abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

Therefore no flesh shall be justified by works of law: for through law there is a perfect knowledge of sin.

I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness was through law, then Christ died gratuitiously.

I only wish to learn this from you, Did you receive the Spirit by works of law, or by hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect in the flesh?

And when Cephas came into Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to blame.

You have been divorced from Christ, whosoever are justified by law: you have fallen from grace.

even though also having confidence in the flesh. If any other one seems to have confidence in the flesh, I the more: in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; in reference to zeal, persecuting the church, according to righteousness which was in the law being blameless.read more.
Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ. Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ,