The document discusses the concept of justification by faith according to scripture passages from Genesis, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Acts, and 1 Peter. It provides biblical evidence that justification is granted through faith apart from works of the law, and that salvation comes through grace rather than the law. Paul countered false teachings that circumcision or works of the law were necessary for justification and salvation.

2. 5 And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens,
and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him,
"So shall your descendants be." 6 Then he believed in the Lord; and
He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
- Genesis 15:5-6 NASB
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3. 1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the
flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has
something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the
Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness."
- Romans 4:1-3 NASB
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4. For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the
Law.
- Romans 3:28 NASB
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5. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized
through Jesus Christ.
- John 1:17 NASB
Justified by Faith: The Law vs Grace
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6. 2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will
be of no benefit to you. 3 And I testify again to every man who receives
circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. 4 You
have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by
law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit, by faith,
are waiting for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working
through love. 7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying
the truth?
- Galatians 5:2-7 NASB
Justified by Faith: Paul Countering False Teaching

7. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but
under grace.
- Romans 6:13 NASB
Justified by Faith: Paul Countering False Teaching

8. 1 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren,
“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you
cannot be saved.” 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had great
dissension and debate with them, the brethren determined that Paul
and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to
the apostles and elders concerning this issue.
- Acts 15:1-2 NASB
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9. 6 The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter.
7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,
“Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among
you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel
and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving
them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9 and He made no
distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the
neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have
been able to bear? 11 But we believe that we are saved through the
grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”
- Acts 15:6-11 NASB
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10. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no
one may boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 NASB
Justified by Faith: Paul Countering False Teaching

11. You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you
dishonor God?
- Romans 2:23 NASB
Justified by Faith: Paul Countering False Teaching

12. Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt
from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 Peter 3:21 NASB
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13. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves
with Christ.
- Galatians 3:27 NASB
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14. Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:38 NASB
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15. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no
one may boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 NASB
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16. 19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who
are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the
world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of
the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law
comes the knowledge of sin.
- Romans 3:19-20 NASB
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17. 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which
is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in
His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness,
because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously
committed; 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the
present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who
has faith in Jesus. 27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what
kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 For we maintain
that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
- Romans 3:24-28 NASB
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18. 1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the
flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has
something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the
Scripture say? " Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness." 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited
as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but
believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as
righteousness.
- Romans 4:1-4 NASB
Justified by Faith: “Not as a result of works, so that no one may boast”

19. 13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be
heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the
righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the Law are heirs,
faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15 for the Law brings
about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.
16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance
with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the
descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those
who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 (as it is
written, " A father of many nations have I made you") in the presence of
Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls
into being that which does not exist.
- Romans 4:13-17 NASB
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20. 1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained
our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult
in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 5:1-2 NASB
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21. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were
yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been
justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through
Him. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we
shall be saved by His life.
- Romans 5:8-10 NASB
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22. 14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but
under grace.
- Romans 6:14 NASB
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23. 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus
have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with
Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For
if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we
shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old
self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away
with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is
freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall
also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead,
is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. 10 For the death
that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to
God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in
Christ Jesus.
- Romans 6:14 NASB
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