What Does the Bible Say About Salvation Through Works?

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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.

James 2:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

John 14:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

James 2:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

James 2:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

Romans 11:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 1:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

John 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Luke 6:46 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

James 2:14-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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. ...

Titus 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

James 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Romans 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

Romans 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 15:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 16:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

Revelation 3:1-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

1 John 5:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

1 John 5:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ...

34 Bible Verses about Salvation Through Works

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

James 2:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 2:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 11:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 6:46 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 2:14-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 16:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 3:1-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Salvation Through Works

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Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

James 2:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 2:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 11:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 6:46 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 2:14-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 16:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 3:1-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:1-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote