Bible Verses About Imputed Righteousness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for imputed righteousness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 47,371 votes, led by 2 Corinthians 5:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Imputed Righteousness
2 Corinthians 5:211,522 votes
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.
Philippians 3:91,134 votes
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:
1 Corinthians 1:30904 votes
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Romans 4:5861 votes
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 1:17756 votes
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans 4:6727 votes
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Jeremiah 23:6716 votes
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Genesis 15:6673 votes
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
1 Peter 2:24667 votes
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Romans 3:21-22616 votes
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 4:11600 votes
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 3:22548 votes
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:
Romans 4:3547 votes
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans 10:3519 votes
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.
Romans 3:21514 votes
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 10:4512 votes
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 3:21-26490 votes
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Matthew 6:33488 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Isaiah 64:6475 votes
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Galatians 2:16465 votes
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Romans 4:13460 votes
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Isaiah 53:11449 votes
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Romans 4:1-25448 votes
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Romans 4:22441 votes
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
James 2:23438 votes
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
What does the Bible say about imputed righteousness?
Readers most often cite 2 Corinthians 5:21 on the subject of imputed righteousness. Across 47,371 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 3:9, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Romans 4:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.