28 Bible Verses about Righteous By Faith

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

Now does this blessedness come to the circumcised alone, or also to the uncircumcised? For we say, "Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness."

In the same way, Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

And so the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." And so he was called God's friend.

Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the ancestor of all who believe while uncircumcised, in order that righteousness may be credited to them.

Therefore, the promise is based on faith, so that it may be a matter of grace and may be guaranteed for all of Abraham's descendants not only for those who were given the Law, but also for those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

"Notice their arrogance they have no inward uprightness but the righteous will live by their faith.

For in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."

Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the Law, because "The righteous will live by faith."

but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

However, to someone who does not work, but simply believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

God's righteousness through the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah for all who believe. For there is no distinction among people,

What can we say, then? Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, a righteousness that comes through faith.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

For the Messiah is the culmination of the Law as far as righteousness is concerned for everyone who believes.

But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring the Messiah down),

For one believes with his heart and is justified, and declares with his mouth and is saved.

For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the Law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.

For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires.

since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith.

He wanted to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus.

But what does it say? "The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart." This is the message about faith that we are proclaiming:

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, reverently prepared an ark to save his family, and by faith he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes by faith.