28 Bible Verses about Righteous By Faith

Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.

For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

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

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

What shall we say then? -- that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness -- a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness.

For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)

For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus' faithfulness.

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we preach),

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, "All the nations will be blessed in you."

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.