Justification: General Scriptures Concerning

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

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.

Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:

I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.

The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

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

So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

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.

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

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.

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.”

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. …

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? …

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

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

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

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation. …

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

And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

…that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?” …

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

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

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

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.

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

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says? …

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

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

…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.

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

…having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

…so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.