27 Bible Verses about Justification, Necessity Of

Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other menextortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.read more.
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you as well.

O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that you sent me.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For there is no difference,

And will not God bring about justice for his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

on that day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But youwho are you to judge your neighbor?

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been revealed apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,

"We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, yet who know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law will no flesh be justified.

For I tell you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died for nothing."

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen away from grace.

though I myself have reasons for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.read more.
But whatever was gain to me, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count everything to be loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ