Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I [were] blameless, it would prove me perverse.

"What [is] man, that he could be pure? And [he who is] born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure [who is] born of a woman?

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

I will declare your righteousness And your works, For they will not profit 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 by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for 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 attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

And if by grace, then [it is] no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer 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 by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in 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 does not [mediate] for one [only,] 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 have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

not of works, lest anyone 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 time began,

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

Also to You, O Lord, [belongs] mercy; For You render to each one according to his work.

For You, Lord, [are] good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

But You, O Lord, [are] a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD [there is] mercy, And with Him [is] abundant redemption.

Who [is] a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because 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 the mercy [promised] to 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 forgiveness 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 had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter 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 -- baptism (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 knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put [Him] to an open shame.