Romans 2:13
For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.
Matthew 7:21-27
It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.
Luke 8:21
He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"
Luke 10:25-29
Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"
Luke 18:14
I tell you, it was he who went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."
Acts 13:39
and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.
Romans 2:25
Circumcision will help you only if you observe the Law; but if you are a lawbreaker, you might as well be uncircumcised.
Romans 3:20
For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin.
Romans 3:23
For all men sin and come short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:30
there is but one God, and he will make the circumcised upright on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised upright because of theirs."
Romans 4:2-5
For if he was made upright by what he did, it is something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God,
Romans 10:5
Moses said that anyone who carried out the uprightness the Law prescribed would find life through it.
Galatians 2:16
but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus??ven we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands??or by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright.
Galatians 3:11-12
That no one is accepted as upright by God for obeying the Law is evident because the upright will have life because of his faith,
Galatians 5:4
You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.
James 1:22-25
Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.
James 2:21-25
Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?
1 John 2:29
If you know that he is upright, you may be sure that everyone who acts uprightly is his child.
1 John 3:7
Dear children, let no one mislead you; whoever acts uprightly is upright, just as he is upright.