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What Does The Bible Say About Justification By Faith Alone

Galatians 2:16

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know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Romans 3:28

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For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 5:1

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Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 4:5

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However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:3

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For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Philippians 3:9

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and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

Ephesians 2:8-9

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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

James 2:24

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As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

Ephesians 2:8

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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

John 5:24

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Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

James 2:23

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And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

Galatians 3:24

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So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Romans 3:20

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Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Romans 11:6

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And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

Galatians 2:21

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I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

Genesis 15:6

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Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Romans 4:16

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Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

Galatians 5:6

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

John 3:36

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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

James 2:14

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What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

James 2:20

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O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

Acts 16:31

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They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Romans 3:22

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And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

James 2:1-26

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My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? . . .

John 1:12

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But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

Romans 4:1-25

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What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered? If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. . . .

Romans 9:30

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What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

Romans 1:17

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For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 4:11

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And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

James 2:14-26

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What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. . . .

Romans 3:24

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and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:26

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He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

John 3:18

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Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Romans 10:4

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For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

Romans 5:9

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Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

2 Corinthians 5:21

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God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Galatians 3:22

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But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 3:11

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

Galatians 2:20

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I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Galatians 3:8

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The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

Acts 10:43

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All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

2 Corinthians 5:17

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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Romans 2:13

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

Romans 5:1-2

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Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Titus 3:5

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He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 3:6

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So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

1 Timothy 1:16

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But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

John 6:40

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For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Romans 10:9

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that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

1 Corinthians 1:21

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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

Acts 2:38

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Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 3:23

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

Ephesians 1:13

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And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Romans 3:27

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Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

James 2:17

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So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

Romans 4:25

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He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

Ephesians 2:10

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For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

James 2:10

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Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Ephesians 2:8-10

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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

John 6:47

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Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

Galatians 3:14

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He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Romans 3:30

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since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

Romans 5:18

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So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.

Romans 6:23

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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:2

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through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

John 6:28-29

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Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

John 1:29

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The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Romans 10:10

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For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

Acts 26:18

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to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

Romans 3:10

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As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

Galatians 3:10

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All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Mark 16:16

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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Acts 13:39

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Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

James 2:21

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Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

Acts 3:19

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Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Romans 3:25

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God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

1 Corinthians 1:30

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It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Romans 3:24-25

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and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Galatians 3:1-29

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O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe? . . .

John 5:28-29

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Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Mark 1:15

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“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

Habakkuk 2:4

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Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

Philippians 2:12

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Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Galatians 5:4

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

1 John 3:4

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Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

Romans 10:9-10

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that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

Romans 10:17

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Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Romans 8:1

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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:21-26

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But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. . . .

Galatians 5:19-21

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The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

John 8:24

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That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

Matthew 25:31-46

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When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, . . .

Romans 10:3

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Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

John 20:31

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But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

1 Timothy 3:16

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By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

Romans 1:5

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Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Romans 8:4

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so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

James 2:25

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In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

Romans 1:16

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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

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