And he
believed
in the LORD;
and he
counted it
to him
for righteousness.
Blessed is the man
unto whom
the LORD
imputeth not
iniquity,
and
in whose spirit
there is no guile.
I will go in the strength
of the Lord GOD:
I will make
mention of thy righteousness,
even of thine only.
In thy
name
shall
they rejoice all
the day:
and in thy righteousness
shall
they be exalted.
The LORD
is well pleased
for his righteousness' sake;
he will magnify
the law,
and make it honourable.
Surely,
shall
one say,
in the LORD
have
I righteousness
and strength:
even to him
shall men come;
and all
that are incensed
against him shall be ashamed.
Hearken unto me,
ye stouthearted,
that are far
from righteousness:
He is near that
justifieth me;
who will contend
with me?
let us
stand together:
who is mine adversary?
let him
come near to me.
My righteousness
is near;
my salvation
is gone forth,
and mine
arms
shall judge
the people;
the isles
shall wait upon me,
and on mine
arm
shall they trust.
Lift up your eyes
to the heavens,
and look
upon the earth
beneath:
for the heavens
shall vanish away like smoke,
and the earth
shall wax old like
a garment,
and
they that
dwell
therein shall die
in like manner:
but my salvation
shall be
for ever,
and my righteousness
shall not be abolished.
He shall see of the travail
of his soul,
and shall be satisfied:
by his knowledge
shall my righteous servant
justify many;
for he
shall bear
their iniquities.
No weapon
that is formed
against thee
shall prosper;
and every tongue
that shall rise
against thee
in judgment
thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage
of the servants
of the LORD,
and their righteousness
is of me,
saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD,
Keep ye judgment,
and do justice:
for my salvation
is near to come,
and my righteousness
to be revealed.
I will greatly rejoice
in the LORD,
my soul
shall be joyful
in my God;
for he
hath clothed me
with the garments
of salvation,
he hath covered me
with the robe
of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decketh himself
with ornaments,
and
as a bride adorneth herself
with her jewels.
In his days Judah
shall be saved,
and Israel
shall dwell safely:
and this
is
his name
whereby
he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
And he
answered
and spake unto those
that stood
before him,
saying,
Take away
the filthy garments
from him.
And unto him he said,
Behold,
I have caused
thine iniquity
to pass
from thee,
and
I will clothe thee
with change
of raiment.
Verily,
verily,
I say unto you,
He that heareth my word,
and believeth
on him that
sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come
into condemnation;
but is passed
from death
unto life.
And by him all
that believe
are justified
from all things,
from which
ye could not be justified
by the law
of Moses.
For I
am not ashamed
of the gospel
of Christ:
for it
is the power
of God
unto salvation
to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first,
and
also to the Greek.
(For
not the hearers
of the law
are just
before God,
but the doers
of the law
shall be justified.
But
now the righteousness
of God
without the law
is manifested,
being witnessed
by the law
and the prophets;
Even
the righteousness
of God
which is by faith
of Jesus Christ
unto all
and upon all
them that believe:
for there is no difference:
Being justified freely
by his grace
through the redemption
that is
in Christ Jesus:
Whom God
hath
set forth
to be a propitiation
through faith
in his blood,
to declare
his righteousness
for the remission
of sins
that are past,
through the forbearance
of God;
To declare,
I say,
at this time
his righteousness:
that he
might be just,
and the justifier
of him which believeth
in Jesus.
Therefore we
conclude
that a man
is justified
by faith
without the deeds
of the law.
Seeing
it is one God,
which shall justify
the circumcision
by faith,
and uncircumcision
through faith.
But to him
that worketh not,
but believeth
on him that
justifieth the ungodly,
his faith
is counted
for righteousness.
Even as David
also describeth
the blessedness
of the man,
unto whom God
imputeth righteousness
without works,
Saying,
Blessed
are
they whose iniquities
are forgiven,
and whose sins
are covered.
Blessed is the man
to whom the Lord
will not impute sin.
Cometh this blessedness
then
upon the circumcision only,
or upon the uncircumcision also?
for we
say that faith
was reckoned
to Abraham
for righteousness.
How was it
then reckoned?
when
he was in circumcision,
or in uncircumcision?
Not in circumcision,
but in uncircumcision.
And he
received
the sign
of circumcision,
a seal
of the righteousness
of the faith
which he
had yet being
uncircumcised:
that he
might be the father
of all
them that believe,
though they
be not circumcised;
that righteousness
might be imputed
unto them also:
And the father
of circumcision
to them
who are not
of the circumcision only,
but who
also walk
in the steps
of that faith
of our father Abraham,
which he
had being yet
uncircumcised.
For the promise,
that he
should be the heir
of the world,
was not
to Abraham,
or to his seed,
through the law,
but through the righteousness
of faith.
For if
they which
are of the law
be heirs,
faith is made void,
and the promise made
of none effect:
Because
the law
worketh wrath:
for where
no law is,
there is
no transgression.
Therefore it
is of faith,
that it
might be
by grace;
to the end
the promise
might be sure
to all the seed;
not to
that only which
is of the law,
but to
that also which
is of the faith
of Abraham;
who is the father
of us all,
(As it
is written,
I have made
thee a father
of many nations,)
before him
whom
he believed,
even God,
who quickeneth the dead,
and calleth those things
which be not as
though they were.
Who against hope
believed
in hope,
that he
might become
the father
of many nations,
according to
that which
was spoken,
So shall
thy seed be.
And being not weak
in faith,
he considered not
his own body now dead,
when
he was about an hundred years
old,
neither yet
the deadness
of Sarah's womb:
He staggered not
at the promise
of God
through unbelief;
but was strong
in faith,
giving glory
to God;
And being fully persuaded that,
what
he had promised,
he was able also
to perform.
And
therefore it
was imputed
to him
for righteousness.
Now it
was not written
for his sake alone,
that it
was imputed
to him;
But for us also,
to whom it
shall be imputed,
if we
believe
on him
that raised
up Jesus our Lord
from the dead;
Who was delivered
for our offences,
and was raised again
for our justification.
Therefore being justified
by faith,
we have peace
with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Much more then,
being now justified
by his blood,
we shall be saved
from wrath
through him.
And not only so,
but
we also joy
in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom
we have now received
the atonement.
And not as it
was by one
that sinned,
so is the gift:
for the judgment
was by one
to condemnation,
but the free
gift is of many offences
unto justification.
For if
by one man's offence
death
reigned
by one;
much more
they
which receive abundance
of grace
and of the gift
of righteousness
shall reign
in life
by one,
Jesus Christ.)
Therefore as
by the offence
of one judgment
came upon all men
to condemnation;
even so
by the righteousness
of one
the free gift
came upon all men
unto justification
of life.
That as
sin
hath reigned
unto death,
even so
might grace
reign
through righteousness
unto eternal life
by Jesus Christ our Lord.
But now being made
free
from sin,
and become servants
to God,
ye have
your fruit
unto holiness,
and the end
everlasting life.
Wherefore,
my brethren,
ye also are become dead
to the law
by the body
of Christ;
that ye
should be married
to another,
even to him
who is raised
from the dead,
that we
should bring forth fruit
unto God.
There is therefore now
no condemnation
to them
which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not
after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
Moreover whom
he did predestinate,
them he
also called:
and whom
he called,
them he
also justified:
and whom
he justified,
them he
also glorified.
What shall we
then say
to these things?
If God
be for us,
who can be against us?
Who shall lay
any thing
to the charge
of God's elect?
It is
God
that justifieth.
Who is
he that condemneth?
It is
Christ
that died,
yea rather,
that is risen again,
who is even
at the right hand
of God,
who also maketh intercession
for us.
What shall
we say then?
That the Gentiles,
which followed not
after righteousness,
have attained
to righteousness,
even the righteousness
which is of faith.
But Israel,
which followed
after the law
of righteousness,
hath not attained
to the law
of righteousness.
Wherefore?
Because
they sought it
not by faith,
but as it
were by the works
of the law.
For they stumbled
at that stumblingstone;
For Christ
is the end
of the law
for righteousness
to every one that believeth.
For Moses
describeth
the righteousness
which is of the law,
That the man
which doeth
those things
shall live by them.
But the righteousness
which is of faith
speaketh on this wise,
Say not in thine heart,
Who shall ascend
into heaven?
(that is,
to bring Christ down
from above:)
But
what saith it?
The word
is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth,
and in thy heart:
that is,
the word
of faith,
which we preach;
That if
thou shalt confess
with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe
in thine heart
that God
hath raised him
from the dead,
thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and
with the mouth
confession
is made
unto salvation.
For the scripture saith,
Whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed.
But of him are
ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God
is made
unto us wisdom,
and righteousness,
and sanctification,
and redemption:
And such
were some of you:
but
ye are washed,
but
ye are sanctified,
but
ye are justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit
of our God.
To wit,
that God
was in Christ,
reconciling the world
unto himself,
not imputing
their trespasses
unto them;
and hath committed
unto us the word
of reconciliation.
For he
hath made him
to be
sin for us,
who knew
no sin;
that we
might be made
the righteousness
of God in him.
Knowing that a man
is not justified
by the works
of the law,
but by the faith
of Jesus Christ,
even
we have believed
in Jesus Christ,
that we
might be justified by the faith
of Christ,
and
not by the works
of the law:
for by the works
of the law
shall no flesh
be justified.
And the scripture,
foreseeing
that God
would justify
the heathen
through faith,
preached
before the gospel
unto Abraham,
saying,
In thee
shall all
nations be blessed.
So then
they which
be of faith
are blessed
with faithful Abraham.
Is the law
then against the promises
of God?
God forbid:
for if
there had been
a law
given which
could have given life,
verily righteousness
should have been
by the law.
But the scripture
hath concluded all
under sin,
that the promise
by faith
of Jesus Christ
might be given
to them that believe.
Wherefore
the law
was our schoolmaster
to bring us
unto Christ,
that we
might be justified
by faith.
Christ
is become
of no effect
unto you,
whosoever of you
are justified
by the law;
ye are fallen
from grace.
For we
through the Spirit
wait for the hope
of righteousness
by faith.
For in Jesus Christ neither
circumcision
availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision;
but faith which
worketh by love.
Stand therefore,
having your loins girt about
with truth,
and having
on the breastplate
of righteousness;
Yea doubtless,
and
I count all things
but loss
for the excellency
of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom
I have suffered
the loss
of all things,
and do count them
but dung,
that I
may win Christ,
And you,
being dead
in your sins
and the uncircumcision
of your flesh,
hath
he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you
all trespasses;
Blotting
out the handwriting
of ordinances
that was against us,
which was contrary to us,
and took it
out of the way,
nailing it
to his cross;
That being justified
by his grace,
we should be made heirs
according to
the hope
of eternal life.
By faith
Abel
offered
unto God
a more excellent
sacrifice
than Cain,
by which
he obtained
witness that
he was righteous,
God testifying
of his gifts:
and by it
he being dead
yet speaketh.
By faith Enoch
was translated
that he
should not see death;
and was not found,
because God
had translated him:
for before his translation
he had
this testimony,
that he
pleased God.
But without faith
it is impossible
to please him:
for he
that
cometh to God
must believe that
he is,
and that he
is a rewarder
of them that
diligently seek him.
By faith Noah,
being warned
of God of things
not seen as yet,
moved with fear,
prepared an ark
to the saving
of his house;
by the which
he condemned
the world,
and became heir
of the righteousness
which is by faith.
But wilt
thou know,
O vain man,
that faith
without works
is dead?
Was not
Abraham our father
justified
by works,
when
he had offered
Isaac his son
upon the altar?
Seest
thou
how faith
wrought
with his works,
and by works
was faith
made perfect?
And the scripture
was fulfilled which
saith,
Abraham believed God,
and it
was imputed
unto him
for righteousness:
and he
was called
the Friend
of God.
For as the body
without the spirit
is dead,
so faith
without works
is dead also.