Bible Verses About Imputed Righteousness

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Bible verse used by the fathers

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Primary Bible passage for the topic

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Romans states the teaching plainly

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Romans explicitly says righteousness is imputed without works

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Bible verse says believers become God's righteousness in Christ

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

God is the justifier

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Romans says faith is counted as righteousness

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Paul's summary statement about righteousness by faith

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

God's righteousness contrasted with self-made righteousness

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Romans asks whether this blessing is for uncircumcised believers too

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

Romans 4:11 gives the clearest imputation wording

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

Psalm repeats the same reckoning language

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Righteousness is through faith, not own law-righteousness

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Blessedness comes when sin is not counted

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Righteousness apart from law

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Righteousness by faith phrase