Romans 4:5

New Century Version

But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him, who makes even evil people right in his sight. Then God accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:4

The evil nation is very proud of itself; it is not living as it should. But those who are right with God will live by faith.

Mark 9:23

Jesus said to the father, “You said, ‘If you can!’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”

John 5:24

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears what I say and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life. That person will not be judged guilty but has already left death and entered life.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: Believe the One he sent.”

Romans 10:3

Because they did not know the way that God makes people right with him, they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 3:22

God makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ, because all people are the same:

Romans 4:24

but also for us. God will accept us also because we believe in the One who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Romans 4:3

because the Scripture says, “Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.”

Romans 4:6

David said the same thing. He said that people are truly blessed when God, without paying attention to their deeds, makes people right with himself.

Philippians 3:9

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.

Joshua 24:2

Then Joshua said to all the people, “Here’s what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you: ‘A long time ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River. Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, worshiped other gods.