27 Bible Verses about Justification, Necessity Of

Who shall bring any charge against the chosen of God? God is he who accepteth them as righteous.

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

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is highly exalted among men is an abomination before God.

And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself thus: O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.read more.
I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I gain. But the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven; but smote his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner! I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself will be humbled; but he that humbleth himself will be exalted.

But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will also be given you.

Righteous Father! and yet the world knew thee not! but I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me.

For therein is revealed the righteousness which is of God from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

even the righteousness which is of God through faith in Jesus Christ, hath been made manifest to all and for all believers. For there is no distinction.

And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he be slow to punish in their behalf?

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

And I say to you, that for every idle word that men shall speak, they will give account in the day of judgment.

in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to the gospel which I have preached.

One is the Lawgiver and Judge, he who is able to save, and to destroy; but who art thou, that judgest thy neighbor?

So that the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and right, and good.

For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God hath done, who on account of sin sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and passed sentence of condemnation on sin in the flesh; so that what is required by the Law might be accomplished in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

But we know that the Law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

For all have sinned, and fail of obtaining the glory which cometh from God;

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

Because by works of the Law no flesh shall be accepted as righteous: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin. But now, apart from the Law, the righteousness which is of God, to which the Law and the Prophets bear testimony,

We are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the gentiles; but knowing that a man is not accepted as righteous by the works of the Law, but by faith in Christ Jesus, we also have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be accepted as righteous by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be accepted as righteous.

For I say to you, Unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Because by works of the Law no flesh shall be accepted as righteous: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness come through the Law, then did Christ die for nought.

This only I desire to learn from you: Was it from the works of the Law that ye received the Spirit, or by the preaching of faith? Are ye so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, do ye now end with the flesh?

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face; for he was condemned.

Ye are entirely separated from Christ, who seek to obtain righteousness through the Law; ye have fallen away from grace.

though I myself have reason for confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason for confidence in the flesh, I more; circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.read more.
But whatever things were gain to me, those for the sake of Christ I have counted but loss. Nay more, I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ,