Quotes About Belief

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

It is not as though Godís word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Because they were ignorant of Godís righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to Godís righteousness.

For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ëWho will ascend into heaven?í (that is, to bring Christ down)

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.