And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.