27 Bible Verses about Justification, Necessity Of

Who will bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God Who justifieth;

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

And He said to them, "Ye are those who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

And He spake also this parable to some who had trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest: Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!read more.
I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.' "But the tax-collector, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but was smiting his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' I say to you, this man went down justified to his house, rather than the other; because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

O righteous Father! and the world knew Thee not; but I knew Thee, and these knew that Thou didst send Me;

for in it is revealed God's righteousness, from faith to faith; as it has been written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

even a righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe; for there is no distinction;

And will not God avenge His elect, who are crying to Him day and night, and He is long suffering over them?

And I saw Heaven opened; and, behold, a white horse, and He Who sat on him, called Faithful and True; and in righteousness doth He judge and make war.

And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Gospel, through Jesus Christ,

One is Law-giver and Judge??e Who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you, that judge your neighbor?

So that the law is holy, and the command is holy and righteous and good.

For, what was impossible under law, wherein it was weak through the flesh. God, sending His Own Son in likeness of sinful flesh, and, respecting sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

But we know that the law is good, if one use it lawfully;

for all sinned, and are coming short of the glory of God;

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

because, by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the law is the knowledge of sin. But now, apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

We who are by nature Jews, and not sinners from among the gentiles, yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

For I say to you that, unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

because, by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the law is the knowledge of sin.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for, if righteousness is through law, then Christ died needlessly!

This only do I wish to learn of you: Did ye receive the Spirit by works of law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now being made perfect in the flesh?

But, when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was blameworthy;

Ye were separated from Christ, whoever of you are being justified by law; ye fell out of grace;

though I might have confidence even in flesh; if any other man supposes that he has occasion for confidence in flesh, I more: circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, persecuting the assembly: as to the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.read more.
But what things were gain to me, these I accounted loss for Christ. Nay, more, I even account all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I suffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may gain Christ.