33 passages · Salvation
Noah is described as righteous and blameless, walking with God, with three sons. The earth is corrupt and violent, and God tells Noah he will destroy it.
The Lord tells Abram not to fear and that he is his shield. Abram, still childless, questions this, and God promises a son and offspring as many as the stars. Abram believes, and it is counted as righteousness.
Told that Tamar is pregnant, Judah orders her burned, but she produces his seal, cord, and staff. He says she is more righteous than he is, and she bears twins, Perez and Zerah.
The psalm opens by calling blessed the person whose sins are forgiven and covered, and whose spirit has no deceit.
The speaker asks for the gates of righteousness to be opened so he can enter the LORD's house and give thanks. He states that only the righteous enter and thanks the LORD for answering him.
David asks the LORD to listen in His faithfulness and not to judge him, since no living person is righteous before Him. The enemy has crushed him, and his spirit is faint and his heart appalled.
It was the LORD's will to crush him and make his life a guilt offering, yet he will see offspring, prolong his days and justify many. God says he will give him a portion with the great because he poured out his life and bore the sin of many.
The speaker rejoices in the LORD, who has clothed him in garments of salvation like a bridegroom or bride. As a garden makes seeds sprout, God will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
God says Ephraim is a heifer that loves threshing but He will place a yoke on her. He urges them to sow righteousness and seek Him until He rains righteousness, but they plowed wickedness and will see fortresses destroyed and the king cut off.
Habakkuk says he will stand watch to see what God says. God tells him to write the vision plainly, promising it will surely come in its appointed time, and that the righteous will live by faith while the proud are never satisfied.
Zechariah sees the high priest Joshua in filthy clothes with Satan accusing him. The LORD rebukes Satan, has Joshua's filthy garments removed, and dresses him in fine robes and a clean turban.
A Pharisee prays thanking God he is better than others, while a tax collector asks only for mercy. Jesus says the tax collector went home justified, because the humble will be exalted.
Paul announces that forgiveness of sins and justification for all who believe are offered through Jesus, beyond what the law of Moses could provide. He closes with a warning from the prophets not to scoff.
Paul states the theme of the letter: he is not ashamed of the gospel, which is God's power to save everyone who believes, and it reveals a righteousness received by faith, as Scripture says.
Paul concludes that Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin, and strings together Scripture quotations describing human sinfulness. He says the law brings knowledge of sin rather than a way to be justified by works.
Paul says God's righteousness is now shown apart from the law, given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. All have sinned, and are justified freely by grace through the redemption in Christ.
Paul says boasting is ruled out because justification comes by faith, not works. God is God of Gentiles as well as Jews, and this faith upholds the law rather than abolishing it.
Paul uses Abraham as an example: he was counted righteous because he believed God, not because of his works. Paul adds David's words about the blessing of those whose sins are forgiven.
Paul says those justified by faith have peace with God and a hope of sharing his glory. Even suffering produces endurance, character, and hope, because God's love has been poured into their hearts through the Holy Spirit.
Paul contrasts Adam's trespass, which led to condemnation, with Christ's act of obedience, which brings justification and life. Where sin increased, grace increased all the more.
Paul declares that there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. What the law could not do, God did by sending his Son, so that the law's requirement is fulfilled in those who live by the Spirit.
Paul says Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it by faith, while Israel, pursuing it by the law, did not attain it because they pursued it by works and stumbled over the stone laid in Zion.
Paul says his heart's desire and prayer is for Israel to be saved. They have zeal for God, but by ignoring God's righteousness and seeking their own, they missed that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes.
Paul contrasts righteousness by the law with righteousness by faith, saying that whoever confesses Jesus as Lord and believes in his resurrection will be saved. This offer is for Jew and Gentile alike, for 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
Paul warns that the unrighteous, listing various vices, will not inherit God's kingdom. He reminds them that some of them were once like that but have been washed, sanctified, and justified in Christ and by the Spirit.
Paul tells Peter that Jews and Gentiles alike are justified by faith in Christ, not by works of the law. He says he has been crucified with Christ and now lives by faith in the Son of God, who loved him.
Paul says Abraham believed God and it was counted as righteousness, so those who have faith are his sons. Scripture foresaw that the Gentiles would be justified by faith and blessed with Abraham.
Paul tells them to rejoice in the Lord and warns against those who insist on outward circumcision. He says believers are those who worship by God's Spirit and put no confidence in the flesh.
Paul lists his own impressive background, then says he counts it all as loss compared with knowing Christ. He wants righteousness by faith in Christ, to know the power of His resurrection and share His sufferings.
Paul recalls that believers were once foolish and enslaved to desires, but God's kindness appeared and saved them by his mercy through new birth by the Holy Spirit. They are justified by grace and made heirs of eternal life.