Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
so that no one may boast in His presence.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin th
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remai
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominati
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”