Romans 4:3-5

New Century Version

³ because the Scripture says, “Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.”^[a]

⁴ When people work, their pay is not given as a gift, but as something earned. ⁵ But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him, who makes even evil people right in his sight. Then God accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him.