Bible Verses about Justification
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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff
on 05/11/2026
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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.
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God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
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Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
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When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
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not by works, so that no one can boast.
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know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
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“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
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So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
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Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”
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Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
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But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
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Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
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So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
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You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
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Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
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“See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness —
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They will say of me, ‘In the LORD alone are deliverance and strength.’ ” All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame.
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But all the descendants of Israel will find deliverance in the LORD and will make their boast in him.
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He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me!
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After he has suffered, 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.
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Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
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You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
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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 God’s friend.
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You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
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In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
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“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
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How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
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“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
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“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
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Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
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This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
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he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
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For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.
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What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
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David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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“Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
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Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
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This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,
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but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
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He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
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Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
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Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.
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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
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And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
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Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
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Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
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For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
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whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.