Deuteronomy 32:4 English Standard Version (ESV) “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Psalm 33:4 English Standard Version (ESV) For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
Psalm 145:13 English Standard Version (ESV) Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.]
Romans 3:27 English Standard Version (ESV) Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
James 2:17 English Standard Version (ESV) So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Faith is described in the scripture first as God’s faithfulness, then becomes a law unto itself, and finally seen as a living entity within us.
The danger in seeing faith as a law is seeing obedience of faith as a demanding element of salvation. When we say we have no works it is a faith killer and a lie of the enemy. The truth is that faithfulness is still God’s possession alone.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 English Standard Version
23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
2 Corinthians 13:3 English Standard Version (ESV) since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
This passage is included because seeking proof of Christ in us is not by works but rather by the power of His abiding love.
1 Corinthians 13:13 English Standard Version (ESV) So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.