Ephesians 2:9
It is not the result of what anyone can do, so that no one can boast of it.
2 Timothy 1:9
For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,
Romans 3:20
Because no human creature can be brought into right standing with God by observing the law. For all the law can do is to make men conscious of sin.
1 Corinthians 1:29-31
so that no mortal man might ever boast in the presence of God.
Romans 3:27-28
So where has human boasting gone? It was completely shut out. On what principle? On that of doing something? No, but on the principle of faith.
Romans 4:2
For if he was considered in right standing with God on the condition of what he did, he has something to boast of, but not before God.
Romans 9:11
For even before the twin sons were born, and though they had done nothing either good or bad, that God's purpose in accordance with His choice might continue to stand, conditioned not on men's actions but on God's calling them,
Romans 9:16
So one's destiny does not depend on his own willing or strenuous actions but on God's having mercy on him.
Romans 11:6
But if it is by His unmerited favor, it is not at all conditioned on what they have done. If that were so, His favor would not be favor at all.
Titus 3:3-5
For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.
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