justification by works

American  

noun

Theology.

1. the belief that a person becomes just before God by the performance of good works: the doctrine against which Luther protested in inaugurating the Protestant Reformation.

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justification by works

St. Paul has been repudiating the principle of justification by works of the law.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

This is the method of justification by works.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd

The gracious soul believes in Christ for justification, from a sense of utter inability to obtain justification by works.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan

Paul is now getting ready for the second argument of his Epistle, to the effect that to seek justification by works of the Law, is to reject the grace of God.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Theodore Graebner

This is what is meant by justification by works.

From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot