Good Deeds To Go To Heaven

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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

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

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

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

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.

I don’t make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed. — read the full passage →

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →