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He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. <a href="/esv/romans/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/bsb/romans/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. <a href="/blb/romans/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/kjv/romans/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: <a href="/nkjv/romans/3.htm">New King James Version</a> being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/nasb_/romans/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/nasb/romans/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; <a href="/nasb77/romans/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; <a href="/lsb/romans/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; <a href="/amp/romans/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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, <a href="/csb/romans/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. <a href="/hcsb/romans/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. <a href="/asv/romans/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: <a href="/cev/romans/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/romans/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: <a href="/gwt/romans/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They receive God's approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free [from sin]. <a href="/gnt/romans/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. <a href="/isv/romans/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> By his grace they are justified freely through the redemption that is in the Messiah Jesus, <a href="/msb/romans/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. <a href="/net/romans/3.htm">NET Bible</a> But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. <a href="/nheb/romans/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; <a href="/wbt/romans/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ: <a href="/wey/romans/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus. <a href="/web/romans/3.htm">World English Bible</a> being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus, <a href="/blb/romans/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/ylt/romans/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/slt/romans/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Being justified as a gift by his grace by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/cpdv/romans/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, <a href="/nabre/romans/3.htm">New American Bible</a> They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, <a href="/nrsvce/romans/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For they are freely bestowed righteousness by the grace of God through the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And are made right by grace without charge and by the redemption that exists in Yeshua The Messiah,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> yet may be justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; <a href="/godbey/romans/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> being freely justified by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus: <a href="/haweis/romans/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus: <a href="/mace/romans/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> being justified by his unmerited favour through the redemption that is by Jesus Christ: <a href="/wey/romans/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus. <a href="/worrell/romans/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> being justified freely by His grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; <a href="/worsley/romans/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> being justified freely by his grace, because of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: <a href="/parallel/romans/3-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=755" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/3.htm">Righteousness through Faith</a> …23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24<a href="/greek/1344.htm" title="1344: dikaioumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- From dikaios; to render just or innocent.">and are justified</a> <a href="/greek/1432.htm" title="1432: dōrean (Adv) -- As a free gift, without payment, freely. Accusative case of dorea as adverb; gratuitously.">freely</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">by</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/5485.htm" title="5485: chariti (N-DFS) -- From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act.">grace</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/629.htm" title="629: apolytrōseōs (N-GFS) -- From a compound of apo and lutron; ransom in full, i.e. riddance, or Christian salvation.">redemption</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">is in</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-DMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus.</a> 25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a> For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, / not by works, so that no one can boast. <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5-7</a> He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. / This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, / so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. <a href="/galatians/2-16.htm">Galatians 2:16</a> know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a> And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. <a href="/philippians/3-9.htm">Philippians 3:9</a> and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a> So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. <a href="/john/1-16.htm">John 1:16-17</a> From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. / For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. <a href="/acts/13-38.htm">Acts 13:38-39</a> Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. / Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. <a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13-14</a> He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, / in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a> After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. <a href="/jeremiah/23-6.htm">Jeremiah 23:6</a> In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. <a href="/zechariah/3-4.htm">Zechariah 3:4</a> So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.” <a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Psalm 32:1-2</a> Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit. <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a> I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:justified.<a href="/romans/4-16.htm">Romans 4:16</a> Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,<a href="/romans/5-16.htm">Romans 5:16-19</a> And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification… <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a> And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.through.<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.<a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a> 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.<a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a> Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/69-27.htm">Acquittal</a> <a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/luke/17-16.htm">Credit</a> <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/acts/7-25.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Found</a> <a href="/acts/28-18.htm">Free</a> <a href="/acts/26-26.htm">Freely</a> <a href="/acts/16-5.htm">Gaining</a> <a href="/romans/1-11.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/romans/1-11.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/acts/25-18.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Justified</a> <a href="/luke/21-28.htm">Redemption</a> <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Salvation</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/4-25.htm">Acquittal</a> <a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/romans/4-3.htm">Credit</a> <a href="/romans/3-28.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/romans/4-1.htm">Found</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Free</a> <a href="/romans/6-17.htm">Freely</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-11.htm">Gaining</a> <a href="/romans/4-4.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/romans/4-4.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/romans/3-26.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/romans/3-28.htm">Justified</a> <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Redemption</a> <a href="/romans/3-26.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Salvation</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 3</div>1. <a href="/romans/3-1.htm">The Jews prerogative;</a> 3. <a href="/romans/3-3.htm">which they have not lost;</a> 9. <a href="/romans/3-9.htm">howbeit the law convinces them also of sin;</a> 20. <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">therefore no one is justified by the law;</a> 28. <a href="/romans/3-28.htm">but all, without difference, by faith, only;</a> 31. <a href="/romans/3-31.htm">and yet the law is not abolished.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Greco-Roman world, justification was a legal term, meaning to be declared righteous or acquitted. In the biblical context, it signifies being declared righteous by God. This justification is "freely" given, emphasizing that it is not earned by human effort or merit. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative that salvation is a gift from God (<a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>). The idea of being justified freely underscores the grace and generosity of God, contrasting with the works-based righteousness that was prevalent in Jewish law and other religious systems of the time.by His grace Grace is a fundamental attribute of God, referring to His unmerited favor towards humanity. In the Old Testament, grace is often associated with God's covenantal faithfulness and mercy (<a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a>). In the New Testament, grace is personified in Jesus Christ, who embodies God's favor and love. Theologically, grace is the means by which God provides salvation, underscoring that it is not based on human actions but on God's initiative. This grace is transformative, leading to a new life in Christ (<a href="/titus/2-11.htm">Titus 2:11-12</a>).through the redemption Redemption in the biblical sense refers to the act of buying back or liberating someone from bondage or slavery. In the Old Testament, the concept is vividly illustrated in the Exodus narrative, where God redeems Israel from slavery in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a>). In the New Testament, redemption is achieved through Jesus Christ, who liberates humanity from the bondage of sin and death. This redemption is a fulfillment of the messianic prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which speaks of the suffering servant who bears the sins of many.that is in Christ Jesus The phrase "in Christ Jesus" is a key Pauline expression, denoting the believer's union with Christ. This union is both legal and relational, signifying that believers are incorporated into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. It is through this union that believers receive the benefits of Christ's redemptive work. Theologically, being "in Christ" means sharing in His righteousness, life, and inheritance (<a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26-29</a>). This concept is central to understanding the Christian identity and the transformative power of the gospel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a> The recipients of the letter, the Roman Christians were a diverse group of Jewish and Gentile believers living in the heart of the Roman Empire. 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ_jesus.htm">Christ Jesus</a> Central to this verse, Jesus is the Messiah and the means through which redemption and justification are provided to believers. 4. <a href="/topical/j/justification.htm">Justification</a> A legal term used in the New Testament to describe the act of God declaring a sinner righteous through faith in Jesus Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a> A term that refers to the act of buying back or liberating someone, often used in the context of Christ's sacrificial death freeing believers from sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_justification.htm">Understanding Justification</a> Justification is a legal declaration by God that a person is righteous. It is not based on human merit but is a gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_grace.htm">The Role of Grace</a> Grace is unmerited favor from God. It is by His grace that we are justified, highlighting the generosity and love of God towards humanity. <a href="/topical/r/redemption_in_christ.htm">Redemption in Christ</a> Redemption is the act of being set free from sin. It is through Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection that believers are redeemed. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_freedom.htm">Living in Freedom</a> Understanding that we are justified and redeemed should lead to a life of freedom from the bondage of sin, encouraging believers to live in the newness of life. <a href="/topical/f/faith_and_works.htm">Faith and Works</a> While justification is by faith, it should result in a life that reflects the transformative power of God's grace, leading to good works as a response to salvation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 3</a> <a href="/q/define_justification,_sanctification,_glorification..htm">What are justification, sanctification, and glorification?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_palimpsest.htm">What are justification, sanctification, and glorification?</a> <a href="/q/define_'saving_grace.'.htm">What is the definition of Saving Grace?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_pauline_theology.htm">What defines Pauline Theology in Christian doctrine?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) Being justified.--We should more naturally say, "but now are justified." The construction in the Greek is peculiar, and may be accounted for in one of two ways. Either the phrase "being justified" may be taken as corresponding to "all them that believe" in <a href="/romans/3-22.htm" title="Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to all and on all them that believe: for there is no difference:">Romans 3:22</a>, the change of case being an irregularity suggested by the form of the sentence immediately preceding; or the construction may be considered to be regular, and the participle "being justified" would then be dependent upon the last finite verb: "they come short of the glory of God, and in that very state of destitution are justified."Freely.--Gratuitously, without exertion or merit on their part. (Comp. <a href="/matthew/10-8.htm" title="Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.">Matthew 10:8</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-6.htm" title="And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.">Revelation 21:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm" title="And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.">Revelation 22:17</a>.)By his grace.--By His own grace. The means by which justification is wrought out is the death and atonement of Christ; its ulterior cause is the grace of God, or free readmission into His favour, which He accords to man.Redemption.--Literally, ransoming. The notion of ransom contains in itself the triple idea of a bondage, a deliverance, and the payment of an equivalent as the means of that deliverance. The bondage is the state of sin and of guilt, with the expectation of punishment; the deliverance is the removal of this state, and the opening out, in its stead, of a prospect of eternal happiness and glory; the equivalent paid by Christ is the shedding of His own blood. This last is the pivot upon which the whole idea of redemption turned. It is therefore clear that the redemption of the sinner is an act wrought objectively, and, in the first instance, independently of any change of condition in him, though such a change is involved in the appropriation of the efficacy of that act to himself. It cannot be explained as a purely subjective process wrought in the sinner through the influence of Christ's death. The idea of dying and reviving with Christ, though a distinct aspect of the atonement, cannot be made to cover the whole of it. There is implied, not only a change in the recipient of the atonement, but also a change wrought without his co-operation in the relations between God and man. There is, if it may be so said, in the death of Christ something which determines the will of God, as well as something which acts upon the will of man. And the particular influence which is brought to bear upon the counsels of God is represented under the figure of a ransom or payment of an equivalent. This element is too essentially a part of the metaphor, and is too clearly established by other parallel metaphors, to be explained away; though what the terms "propitiation" and "equivalent" can mean, as applied to God, we do not know, and it perhaps does not become us too curiously to inquire. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 24-26. - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood. Δικαιούμενοι agrees with πάντες in ver. 23. "Repente sic panditur scena amaenior" (Bengel). Δωρεὰν and τῆ αὐτοῦ χάριτι are opposed to the impossible theory of justification by law. And, as all sinned, so all are so justified potentially, the redemption being for all; cf. especially <a href="/romans/5-18.htm">Romans 5:18</a>. But potential justification only is implied; for the condition for appropriation is further intimated by διὰ τῆς πίστεως following. The means whereby it becomes objectively possible is "the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Here, as throughout St. Paul's Epistles, and in the New Testament generally, the doctrine of atonement being required for man's justification is undoubtedly taught, Christ being viewed as not only manifesting God's righteousness in his life, and reconciling believers through his influence on themselves, but as effecting such reconciliation by an atoning sacrifice. The word itself (ἀπολύτρωσις) here used may indeed sometimes denote deliverance only (cf. <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>; <a href="/luke/21-28.htm">Luke 21:28</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a>; <a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Hebrews 11:35</a>); but certainly, when used of the redemption of man by Christ, it implies atonement by the payment of a ransom (λύτρον or ἀντίλυτρον); cf. <a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm">1 Timothy 2:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a>; <a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a>; the ransom paid being said to be himself, or (as in <a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a>) his life; Τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν. It does not follow that all conceptions of schools of theology as to how the atonement was efficacious for its purpose are correct or adequate. It must, from the very nature of the subject, remain to us a mystery. It may be enough for us to believe that whatever need the human conscience has ever felt of atonement for sin, whatever human want was expressed by world-wide rites of sacrifice, whatever especially was signified by the blood required for atonement in the Mosaic ritual, - all this is met and fulfilled for us in Christ's offering of himself, and that in him and through him we may now "come boldly to the throne of grace," having need of no other Προέθετο ιν ´ερ. 25 ("set forth," Authorized Version), may bear here its most usual classical sense of exhibiting to view ("ante omniam oculos possuit," Bengel); i.e. in the historical manifestation of the Redeemer. It may, however, mean "decreed," or "purposed" (cf. ch. 1:13; <a href="/ephesians/1-9.htm">Ephesians 1:9</a>). The word ἱλαστήριον seems best taken as a neuter adjective used substantively, there being no instance of its application in the masculine to a person. Its ordinary use in the LXX (as also <a href="/hebrews/9-5.htm">Hebrews 9:5</a>) is to designate the lid of the ark (i.e. the mercy-seat), the noun ἐπίθεμα (which is added <a href="/exodus/25-17.htm">Exodus 25:17</a>; <a href="/exodus/37-6.htm">Exodus 37:6</a>) being supposed to be always understood, though the usual designation is simply τὸ ἱλαστήριον. Hence most commentators, including the Greek Fathers generally, understood ἱλαστήριον in this sense here, Christ being regarded as the antitype of the mercy-seat, as being the medium of atonement and approach to God. The main objection to this view is that it involves an awkward confusion of metaphors, it being difficult to regard him who was at once the Victim whose blood was offered, and the High Priest who offered his own blood, at the mercy-seat, as being also the Mercy-seat itself. (Thus, however, Theodoret explains: "The mercy-seat of old was itself bloodless, being without life, but it received the sprinkling of the blood of the sacrifice. But the Lord Christ and God is at once Mercy-seat, High Priest, and Lamb.") The difficulty is avoided if we take the word here in the sense of propitiatory offering, which in itself it will bear, a noun, such as θῦμα, being supposed to be (cf. 4 Maccabees 17:22; Josephus, 'Ant.,' 16. c. 7; Dio Chrys., 'Orat.,' 11:1). Whatever its exact meaning, it evidently denotes a true fulfilment in Christ of the atonement for sin undoubtedly signified by the type; as does further ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι, which follows. For a distinct enunciation of the significance of bleed under the ancient ritual, as reserved for and expressing atonement, see especially <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>. The meaning of the whole sacrificial ritual is there expressed as being that the life of man being forfeit to Divine justice, blood, representing life, must be offered instead of his life for atonement. Hence, in pursuance of this idea, the frequent references in the New Testament to Hebrews physical blood-shedding of Christ (cf. <a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a>, "Without shedding of blood there is no remission"). It is not, however, implied that the material blood of Christ, shed on the cross, in itself cleanses the soul from sin, but only that it signifies to us the fulfilment in him of the type of an atoning sacrifice. As to the construction of ver. 25, it is a question whether ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι is to be taken in connection with διὰ τῆς πίστεως, meaning "through faith in his blood" (an unusual expression, though grammatically correct, cf. <a href="/ephesians/1-15.htm">Ephesians 1:15</a>), or with ἱλαστήριον. The emphatic position of αὐτοῦ, such as apparently to signify "in his own blood," favours the latter connection (cf. <a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-25</a>, where the offering of Christ is distinguished from those of the Law in being διὰ τοῦ ἀδίου αἵματος, not ἐν αἵματι ἀλλοτρίῳ). Thus the meaning will be that he was set forth (or purposed) as an ἱλαστήριον, available for us through faith, and consisting in the offering of himself - in, the shedding of his own blood. For showing of his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime in the forbearance of God, in order to the showing of his righteousness in the time that now is, so that he may be righteous, and justifying (the word is δικαιοῦντα, corresponding with δικαιωσύνην and δίκαιων preceding) him that is of faith in Jesus. This translation differs materially from that of the Authorized Version, which is evidently erroneous, especially in the rendering of διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν by "for the remission." Our translators, in a way very unusual with them, seem to have missed the drift of the passage, and so been led to give the above untenable rendering in order to suit their view of it. It is to be observed that two purposes of the setting forth (or purposing) of Christ Jesus as ἱλαστήριον αρε here declared, both denoted by the word ἔνδειξιν, which is repeated, being governed in the first clause of the sentence by εἰς, and in the second by πρὸς. Some say that the preposition is changed with no intended difference of meaning. But it is not St. Paul's way to use his prepositions carelessly. Αἰς in the first clause may be taken to denote the immediate purpose of the propitiation, and πρὸς in the second to have its proper significance of aim or direction, denoting a further intention and result, consequent on the first. The first purpose, denoted by εἰς, was the vindication of God's righteousness with regard to the ages past, in that he had so long passed over, or left unvisited, the sins of mankind. The propitiation of Christ. at length set forth (or, as may be expressed by προέθετο, all along purposed), showed that he had not been indifferent to these sins, though in his forbearance he had passed them over. Cf. <a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30</a>, Τοὺς μὲν οῦν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ Θεὸς; also <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a>, where the death of Christ, as the Mediator of the new covenant, is said to have been "for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant," the meaning and efficacy of the "death" being thus regarded, in the first place, as retrospective (cf. also <a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a>). But then there was a further grand purpose, expressed by the πρὸς τὴν ἔνδειξιν of the second clause that of providing a way of present justification for believers now, without derogation of the Divine righteousness. Such appears to be the meaning of this passage. <a href="/commentaries/romans/3-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[and are] justified δικαιούμενοι (dikaioumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1344.htm">Strong's 1344: </a> From dikaios; to render just or innocent. freely δωρεὰν (dōrean) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1432.htm">Strong's 1432: </a> As a free gift, without payment, freely. Accusative case of dorea as adverb; gratuitously. by τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. grace χάριτι (chariti) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5485.htm">Strong's 5485: </a> From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act. through διὰ (dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. redemption ἀπολυτρώσεως (apolytrōseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_629.htm">Strong's 629: </a> From a compound of apo and lutron; ransom in full, i.e. riddance, or Christian salvation. that τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. [is] in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Christ Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Jesus. Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/romans/3-24.htm">NT Letters: Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through (Rom. 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