justification by works

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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

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

The first appears mainly as a polemic against the idea of justification by works of the law.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

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

Here was a russet-coated Taunton volunteer in jackboots and bandolier, holding forth on the justification by works.

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle