Luke 18:9-14
9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that
they were righteous, and despised others: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray,
one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus
with himself, `God, I thank You that I am not like other men--extortioners, unjust,
adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 `I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all
that I possess.' 13 "And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as
raise [his] eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a
sinner!' 14 "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the
other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be
exalted."
Rom. 3:24, 28, 30
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 30 since [there] [is] one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
30 since [there] [is] one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom. 4:5
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
Rom. 5:1-2, 6-9 Gal 2:16
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace
in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God....6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
16 "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.