Romans 3:20
For no
Acts 13:39
and through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as Lord and Savior and follows Him] is
Galatians 2:16
yet we know that a man is not
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Galatians 2:19
For through the Law I died to the Law and its demands on me [because salvation is provided through the death and resurrection of Christ], so that I might [from now on] live to God.
Romans 4:15
For the Law results in [God’s] wrath [against sin], but where there is no law, there is no violation [of it either].
Job 15:15
“Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels);
Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—
Job 25:4-5
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Psalm 130:3
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
Romans 2:13
For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be
Romans 3:28
For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God].
Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 5:13
Sin was [committed] in the world before the Law [was given], but sin is not charged [against anyone] when there is no law [against it].
Romans 5:20
But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,
Romans 7:7-9
What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, if it had not been for the Law, I would not have recognized sin. For I would not have known [for example] about coveting [what belongs to another, and would have had no sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 9:32
And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
Galatians 3:10-13
For all who depend on the Law [seeking justification and salvation by obedience to the Law and the observance of rituals] are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed (condemned to destruction) is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, so as to practice them.”
Galatians 5:4
You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
Titus 3:5-7
He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
James 2:9-10
But if you show partiality [prejudice, favoritism], you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as offenders.
James 2:20-26
But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?
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Therefore
No flesh
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
In his sight
“Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels);
Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—
“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,