And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

But they are justified ¹  freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

And so, ¹  since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.” ² 

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

yet we know ¹  that no one ²  is justified by the works of the law ³  but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. ⁴  And ⁵  we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ ⁶  and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one ⁷  will be justified.

and by this one ¹  everyone who believes is justified ²  from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify ³  you. ⁴ 

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages ¹  sin? Absolutely not!

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. ¹ 

And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified ¹  rather than the Pharisee. ²  For everyone who exalts ³  himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

But just as Paul was about to speak, ¹  Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ²  I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ³  of you Jews, ⁴ 

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being ¹  shown up as a liar, ²  just as it is written: “so that you will be justified ³  in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” ⁴ 

Some of you once lived this way. ¹  But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ²  and by the Spirit of our God.