Bible Cross References
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 3:20
For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.
Romans 3:27
What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe.
Romans 3:28
For we conclude that a person is put right with God only through faith, and not by doing what the Law commands.
Romans 4:2
If he was put right with God by the things he did, he would have something to boast about---but not in God's sight.
Romans 9:11
But in order that the choice of one son might be completely the result of God's own purpose, God said to her, "The older will serve the younger." He said this before they were born, before they had done anything either good or bad; so God's choice was based on his call, and not on anything they had done.
Romans 9:16
So then, everything depends, not on what we humans want or do, but only on God's mercy.
Romans 11:6
His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
1 Corinthians 1:29-31
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This means that no one can boast in God's presence.
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But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free.
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So then, as the scripture says, "Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done."
2 Timothy 1:9
He saved us and called us to be his own people, not because of what we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. He gave us this grace by means of Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
Titus 3:3-5
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For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.
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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior was revealed,
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he saved us. It was not because of any good deeds that we ourselves had done, but because of his own mercy that he saved us, through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new birth and new life by washing us.