For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to brag about—but not before God.

In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law.

Who are you to criticize another’s household slave? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand. For the Lord is able to make him stand.

But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the tribunal of God.

Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are noteworthy in the eyes of the apostles, and they were also in Christ before me.