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Romans 3:24

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Blood;   Boasting;   Catholicity;   Faith;   Grace of God;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Justification;   Redemption;   Rome;   Salvation;   Works;   Scofield Reference Index - Grace;   Justification;   Redemption;   Summary;   Thompson Chain Reference - Grace;   Man;   Redemption;   Salvation;   Salvation-Condemnation;   Saving Grace;   Sinners;   The Topic Concordance - Justification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Grace;   Justification before God;   Redemption;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Grace;   Justificiation;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Blood;   Covenant;   Election;   Faith;   Forgiveness;   God;   Good works;   Grace;   Jesus christ;   Judgment;   Justification;   Law;   Mystery;   Paul;   Race;   Redemption;   Repentance;   Righteousness;   Romans, letter to the;   Sin;   Type, typology;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body;   Condemnation;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Death of Christ;   Faith;   Gospel;   Grace;   Justification;   Mediator, Mediation;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Old Testament in the New Testament, the;   Paul the Apostle;   Philippians, Theology of;   Redeem, Redemption;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Calvinists;   Justification;   Man;   Zeal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Ransom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hebrews, the Epistle to the;   Justification;   Romans, the Epistle to the;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acceptance;   Christ, Christology;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Gift, Giving;   God;   Grace;   Impute, Imputation;   Justification;   Righteousness;   Romans, Book of;   Security of the Believer;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Grace;   Justification, Justify;   Redeemer, Redemption;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Access ;   Atonement;   Atonement (2);   Brotherhood (2);   Cross, Cross-Bearing;   Debt, Debtor;   Faith;   Good;   Gospel (2);   Grace ;   Guilt (2);   Justification;   Justification (2);   Law;   Mediation Mediator;   Merit;   Ransom;   Ransom (2);   Redemption;   Redemption (2);   Resurrection of Christ;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Romans Epistle to the;   Sacrifice (2);   Sacrifices ;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Sin (2);   Vicarious Sacrifice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Law;   Redemption;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Faith;   Justification;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Redemption;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Forgiveness;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Grace;   Imputation;   Justification;   Mediation;   Peter, Simon;   Reconcile;   Salvation;   Truth;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 24;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for November 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
King James Version (1611)
Being iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Iesus Christ:
King James Version
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
English Standard Version
and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
New American Standard Bible
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
New Century Version
and all need to be made right with God by his grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ.
Amplified Bible
and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Legacy Standard Bible
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Berean Standard Bible
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Contemporary English Version
But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.
Complete Jewish Bible
By God's grace, without earning it, all are granted the status of being considered righteous before him, through the act redeeming us from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Yeshua.
Darby Translation
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which [is] in Christ Jesus;
Easy-to-Read Version
They are made right with God by his grace. This is a free gift. They are made right with God by being made free from sin through Jesus Christ.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,
George Lamsa Translation
For they are freely bestowed righteousness by the grace of God through the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, *
Good News Translation
But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
Lexham English Bible
being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
Literal Translation
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
American Standard Version
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Bible in Basic English
And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:
Hebrew Names Version
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua;
International Standard Version
By his grace they are justified freely through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,Matthew 20:28; Romans 4:16; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8; Colossians 1:14; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 3:5,7; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Peter 1:18-19;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and all are justified by grace freely, and (that) through the redemption which is in Jeshu Meshiha,
Murdock Translation
And they are justified gratuitously, by grace, and by the redemption which is in Jesus Messiah;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christe Iesu:
English Revised Version
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
World English Bible
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:
Weymouth's New Testament
gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and ben iustified freli bi his grace, bi the ayenbiyng that is in `Crist Jhesu.
Update Bible Version
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Webster's Bible Translation
Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ:
New English Translation
But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
New King James Version
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
New Living Translation
Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.
New Life Bible
Anyone can be made right with God by the free gift of His loving-favor. It is Jesus Christ Who bought them with His blood and made them free from their sins.
New Revised Standard
they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Being declared righteous freely by his favour through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Revised Standard Version
they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
but are iustified frely by his grace through the redemcion that is in Christ Iesu
Young's Literal Translation
being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but without deseruynge are they made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu,
Mace New Testament (1729)
being justified by his unmerited favour through the redemption that is by Jesus Christ:
Simplified Cowboy Version
But God, because he loves us, makes us right in his eyes. He does this through his son, Jesus, who paid the price for our sins on the cross.

Contextual Overview

21But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened. The God-setting-things-right that we read about has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us. And not only for us, but for everyone who believes in him. For there is no difference between us and them in this. Since we've compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. 25God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it's now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness. 27So where does that leave our proud Jewish insider claims and counterclaims? Canceled? Yes, canceled. What we've learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does. We've finally figured it out. Our lives get in step with God and all others by letting him set the pace, not by proudly or anxiously trying to run the parade. 29And where does that leave our proud Jewish claim of having a corner on God? Also canceled. God is the God of outsider non-Jews as well as insider Jews. How could it be otherwise since there is only one God? God sets right all who welcome his action and enter into it, both those who follow our religious system and those who have never heard of our religion. 31 But by shifting our focus from what we do to what God does, don't we cancel out all our careful keeping of the rules and ways God commanded? Not at all. What happens, in fact, is that by putting that entire way of life in its proper place, we confirm it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

justified: Romans 4:16, Romans 5:16-19, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Ephesians 2:7-10, Titus 3:5-7

through: Romans 5:9, Isaiah 53:11, Matthew 20:28, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:2-14, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 7:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:29 - the altar Leviticus 4:25 - put Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make Leviticus 16:14 - General Numbers 7:15 - General Numbers 14:18 - longsuffering Numbers 35:25 - abide in it Job 33:24 - I Isaiah 1:27 - redeemed Isaiah 45:13 - let go Isaiah 45:25 - the Lord Isaiah 53:5 - But he was Isaiah 55:1 - without money Hosea 14:4 - I will love Zechariah 9:9 - he is Zechariah 13:7 - smite Luke 7:42 - he John 15:25 - without Acts 13:39 - by Acts 13:43 - the grace Acts 15:11 - that Acts 20:24 - the gospel Romans 3:25 - remission 1 Corinthians 1:30 - redemption 2 Corinthians 5:19 - reconciling Galatians 3:13 - redeemed Ephesians 2:5 - grace ye Ephesians 2:8 - by 1 Timothy 1:15 - that 2 Timothy 1:18 - mercy Titus 3:7 - being Hebrews 9:15 - for 1 John 3:5 - to Revelation 21:6 - freely Revelation 22:17 - freely

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
Genesis 3:8
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
Genesis 3:9
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:16
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
Genesis 3:17
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Genesis 3:22
God said, "The Man has become like one of us, capable of knowing everything, ranging from good to evil. What if he now should reach out and take fruit from the Tree-of-Life and eat, and live forever? Never—this cannot happen!"
Joshua 5:13
And then this, while Joshua was there near Jericho: He looked up and saw right in front of him a man standing, holding his drawn sword. Joshua stepped up to him and said, "Whose side are you on—ours or our enemies'?"
1 Samuel 4:4
So the army sent orders to Shiloh. They brought the Chest of the Covenant of God , the God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the Cherubim-Enthroned- God . Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, accompanied the Chest of the Covenant of God.
Psalms 80:1
An Asaph Psalm Listen, Shepherd, Israel's Shepherd— get all your Joseph sheep together. Throw beams of light from your dazzling throne So Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh can see where they're going. Get out of bed—you've slept long enough! Come on the run before it's too late.
Psalms 99:1
God rules. On your toes, everybody! He rules from his angel throne—take notice! God looms majestic in Zion, He towers in splendor over all the big names. Great and terrible your beauty: let everyone praise you! Holy. Yes, holy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Being justified freely by his grace,.... The matter of justification is before expressed, and the persons that share in this blessing are described; here the several causes of it are mentioned. The moving cause of it is the free grace of God; for by "the grace of God" here, is not meant the Gospel, or what some men call the terms of the Gospel, and the constitution of it; nor the grace of God infused into the heart; but the free love and favour of God, as it is in his heart; which is wonderfully displayed in the business of a sinner's justification before him: it appears in his resolving upon the justification of his chosen ones in Christ; in fixing on the method of doing it; in setting forth and pre-ordaining Christ to be the ransom; in calling Christ to engage herein; in Christ's engaging as a surety for his people, and in the Father's sending him to bring in everlasting righteousness; in Christ's coming to do it, and in the gracious manner in which he wrought it out; in the Father's gracious acceptation, imputation, and donation of it; in the free gift of the grace of faith, to apprehend and receive it; and in the persons that partake of it, who are of themselves sinners and ungodly. The meritorious cause of justification is,

the redemption that is in Jesus Christ: redemption supposes a former state of captivity to sin, Satan, and the law, in which God's elect were by nature, and is a deliverance from it; it is of a spiritual nature, chiefly respects the soul, and is plenteous, complete, and eternal: this is in and by Christ; he was called unto it, was sent to effect it, had a right unto it, as being the near kinsman; and was every way fit for it, being both God and man; and has by his sufferings and death obtained it: now, as all the blessings of grace come through redemption by Christ, so does this of justification, and after this manner; Christ, as a Redeemer, had the sins of his people laid on him, and they were bore by him, and took away; the sentence of the law's condemnation was executed on him, as standing in their legal place and stead; and satisfaction was made by him for all offences committed by them, which was necessary, that God might appear to be just, in justifying all them that believe: nor is this any objection or contradiction to the free grace of God, in a sinner's justification; since it was grace in God to provide, send, and part with his Son as a Redeemer, and to work out righteousness; it was grace in Christ, to come and give himself a sacrifice, and obtain salvation and righteousness, not for angels, but for men, and for some of them, and not all; and whatever this righteousness, salvation, and redemption cost Christ, they are all free to men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being justified - Being treated as if righteous; that is, being regarded and treated as if they had kept the Law. The apostle has shown that they could not be so regarded and treated by any merit of their own, or by personal obedience to the Law. He now affirms that if they were so treated, it must be by mere favor, and as a matter not of right, but of gift. This is the essence of the gospel. And to show this, and the way in which it is done, is the main design of this Epistle. The expression here is to be understood as referring to all who are justified; Romans 3:22. The righteousness of God by faith in Jesus Christ, is “upon all who believe,” who are all “justified freely by his grace.”

Freely - δωρεὰν dōrean. This word stands opposed to what is purchased, or which is obtained by labor, or which is a matter of claim. It is a free, undeserved gift, not merited by our obedience to the Law, and not that to which we have any claim. The apostle uses the word here in reference to those who are justified. To them it is a mere undeserved gift, It does not mean that it has been obtained, however, without any price or merit from anyone, for the Lord Jesus has purchased it with his own blood, and to him it becomes a matter of justice that those who were given to him should be justified, 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1Co 7:23; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:9. (Greek). Acts 20:28; Isaiah 53:11. We have no offering to bring, and no claim. To us, therefore, it is entirely a matter of gift.

By his grace - By his favor; by his mere undeserved mercy; see the note at Romans 1:7.

Through the redemption - διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως dia tēs apolutrōseōs. The word used here occurs only 10 times in the New Testament, Luke 21:28; Romans 3:24; Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 4:30; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 11:35. Its root (λύτρον lutron) properly denotes the price which is paid for a prisoner of war; the ransom, or stipulated purchase-money, which being paid, the captive is set free. The word used here is then employed to denote liberation from bondage, captivity, or evil of any kind, usually keeping up the idea of a price, or a ransom paid, in consequence of which the delivery is effected. It is sometimes used in a large sense, to denote simple deliverance by any means, without reference to a price paid, as in Luke 21:28; Romans 8:23; Ephesians 1:14. That this is not the sense here, however, is apparent. For the apostle in the next verse proceeds to specify the price which has been paid, or the means by which this redemption has been effected. The word here denotes that deliverance from sin, and from the evil consequences of sin, which has been effected by the offering of Jesus Christ as a propitiation; Romans 3:25.

That is in Christ Jesus - Or, that has been effected by Christ Jesus; that of which he is the author and procurer; compare John 3:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. Being justified freely by his grace — So far from being able to attain the glory of God by their obedience, they are all guilty: and, to be saved, must be freely pardoned by God's grace; which is shown to them who believe, through the redemption, απολυτρωσεως, the ransom price, which is in the sacrifice of Christ Jesus. The original is compounded of απο, from, and λυτροω, I redeem, and properly means the price laid down for the redemption of a captive. Comprehendit haec Christi απολυτρωσις, quicquid is docuit, fecit et passus est, eo consilio, ut homines malis liberati, praecipue peccato, malorum fonte immunes, veram felicitatem adipiscerentur.-Rosenmuller. This redemption of Christ comprehends whatsoever he taught, did, or suffered, in order to free men from evil; especially to free them from sin, the source of evils; that they might attain true felicity. And that it here means the liberation purchased by the blood-shedding of Christ, is evident from Ephesians 1:7: We have REDEMPTION, απολυτρωσιν δια του αιματος αυτου, THROUGH HIS BLOOD, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. See also Colossians 1:14, where the same words are found.

λυτρα according to Suidas, is μισθος, η τα παρεχομενα υπερ ελευθεριας, επι τω λυτρωσασθαι βαρβαρων δουλειας. A reward; or the price given to be redeemed from the slavery of the barbarians. Schleusner, under the word απολυτρωσις, says, Negari quidem non potest, hanc vocem proprie notare redemptionem ejus, qui captivus detinetur, sive bello, sive alio captus sit modo, quae fit per pretti solutionem; quo sensu verbum απολυτροω legitur haud raro in Scripp. Graecis. No man certainly can deny that this word properly means the redemption of a captive, (whether he may have been taken in war or in any other way,) which is procured by the payment of a price. That the word also means any deliverance, even where no price is paid down, nobody will dispute; but that it means redemption by a price laid down, and the redemption of the soul by the price of the death of Christ, the above scriptures sufficiently prove.


 
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