Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.

What is man, that he should be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

How then can man be just before the Mighty God? Or how can one be pure who is born of a woman?

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not be of any benefit to you.

So he answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

Therefore by the deeds of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for through the Law is the full true knowledge of sin.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the Law.

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted unto righteousness,

(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have taken hold of righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace no longer becomes grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through the faith of Jesus Christ, even we believe into Christ Jesus, 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 no flesh shall be justified.

Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to your Seed, who is Christ.

For if the inheritance is of the Law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

but God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

not of works, that no one should boast.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

Also to You, O Jehovah, belongs mercy; for You give to every man according to his work.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abounding in mercy unto all those who call upon You.

But You, O Lord, are a Mighty God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

O Israel, hope in Jehovah; for with Jehovah there is mercy, and with Him redemption is greatly multiplied.

Who is a Mighty God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His possession? His anger does not remain strong forever, for He delights in mercy.

And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.

He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy,

to perform mercy with our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of His grace

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who did not have mercy but now have mercy.

Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word,

There is also an antitype which now saves us; immersion (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

and have put on the new man who is renewed in full true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him,

and also turn aside, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and expose Him to public disgrace.