_Luke 15:22‐24_—“_Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found_”; _John 3:16_—“_gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should ... have eternal life_”; _Rom. 5:1, 2_—“_Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God_”—“_this grace_” being a permanent state of divine favor; _1 Cor. 1:30_—“_But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord_”; _2 Cor. 5:21_—“_that we might become the righteousness of God in him._” _Gal. 3:6_—“_Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness_”; _Eph. 2:7_—“_the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus_”; _3:12_—“_in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him_”; _Phil. 3:8, 9_—“_I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord ... the righteousness which is from God by faith_”; _Col. 1:22_—“_reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreprovable before him_”; _Tit. 3:4, 7_—“_the kindness of God our Savior ... that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life_”; _Rev. 19:8_—“_And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints._”