Romans 4:2
“For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.”
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Cross-References
“That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”
“Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
“Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”
“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, 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 shall no flesh be justified.”
“But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”