13 Bible Verses about Justified By Works
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
In the same way was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her deeds."
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing them
Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness would indeed have come by the law.
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.
Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen away from grace.
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
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