Quotes about Justification

In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.

Now, it is beyond a doubt that the steps by which the Lord in his mercy consummates our salvation are these, "Whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified" (Rom. 8:30).

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deeds but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

But Scripture praises everywhere his pure and unmixed mercy, which does away with all merit.

There is nothing absurd in the doctrine, that though man is justified by faith, he is himself not only not righteous, but the righteousness attributed to his works is beyond their own deserts.

We are all so blinded and upset by self-love that everyone imagines he has a just right to exalt himself and to undervalue all others in comparison to self.

By these words it is plain he does not make love the cause of forgiveness, but the proof of it.

Let then the faithful learn to embrace him, not only for justification, but also for sanctification, as he has been given to us for both these purposes, lest they rend him asunder by their mutilated faith.

For if anyone is to possess righteousness by faith, it must necessarily be given by God and proffered to us by his Word.

A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous...

And any declaration of faith that does not result in a changed life and good works is a false declaration. It is faith alone that justifies. But faith that justifies can never be alone.

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.