Philippians 3:9

New Century Version

and to belong to him. Now I am right with God, not because I followed the law, but because I believed in Christ. God uses my faith to make me right with him.

Cross References

Genesis 7:23

God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land—every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat.

1 Kings 8:46

“Everyone sins, so your people will also sin against you. You will become angry with them and hand them over to their enemies. Their enemies will capture them and take them away to their countries far or near.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah did not thank God for his kindness, because he was so proud. So the Lord was angry with him and the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:31

But one time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah, asking him about a strange sign that had happened in the land. When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him so he could know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Psalm 14:3

But all have turned away. Together, everyone has become evil. There is no one who does anything good, not even one.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

Psalm 19:12

People cannot see their own mistakes. Forgive me for my secret sins.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is not a good person on earth who always does good and never sins.

Isaiah 46:13

I will soon do the things that are right. I will bring salvation soon. I will save Jerusalem and bring glory to Israel.”

Isaiah 53:11

“After his soul suffers many things, he will see life and be satisfied. My good servant will make many people right with God; he will carry away their sins.

Isaiah 53:6

We all have wandered away like sheep; each of us has gone his own way. But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure, and I live among people who are not pure, but I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Jeremiah 23:6

In his time Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. This will be his name: The Lord Does What Is Right.

Jeremiah 33:16

At that time Judah will be saved, and the people of Jerusalem will live in safety. The branch will be named: The Lord Does What Is Right.”

Daniel 9:24

“God has ordered four hundred ninety years for your people and your holy city for these reasons: to stop people from turning against God; to put an end to sin; to take away evil; to bring in goodness that continues forever; to bring about the vision and prophecy; and to appoint a most holy place.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”

Romans 1:17

The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself—that it begins and ends with faith. As the Scripture says, “But those who are right with God will live by faith.”

Romans 10:10

We believe with our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we declare with our mouths that we believe, and so we are saved.

Romans 16:7

Greetings to Andronicus and Junia, my relatives, who were in prison with me. They are very important apostles. They were believers in Christ before I was.

Romans 5:21

Sin once used death to rule us, but God gave people more of his grace so that grace could rule by making people right with him. And this brings life forever through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 8:1

So now, those who are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty.

Romans 8:3

The law was without power, because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that others use for sin. By sending his Son to be an offering for sin, God used a human life to destroy sin.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. In Christ we are put right with God, and have been made holy, and have been set free from sin.

2 Corinthians 5:17

If anyone belongs to Christ, there is a new creation. The old things have gone; everything is made new!

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God.

Galatians 2:16

Yet we know that a person is made right with God not by following the law, but by trusting in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that we might be made right with God because we trusted in Christ. It is not because we followed the law, because no one can be made right with God by following the law.

Deuteronomy 27:26

“Anyone will be cursed who does not agree with the words of these teachings and does not obey them.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

Philippians 3:6

I was so enthusiastic I tried to hurt the church. No one could find fault with the way I obeyed the law of Moses.

2 Timothy 1:9

saved us and made us his holy people. That was not because of anything we did ourselves but because of God’s purpose and grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began,

Titus 3:5

he saved us because of his mercy. It was not because of good deeds we did to be right with him. He saved us through the washing that made us new people through the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. If people never said anything wrong, they would be perfect and able to control their entire selves, too.

2 Peter 1:1

From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To you who have received a faith as valuable as ours, because our God and Savior Jesus Christ does what is right.

1 John 3:4

The person who sins breaks God’s law. Yes, sin is living against God’s law.