Romans 3:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:24

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:21-24

Romans 3:21-24. But now the righteousness of God That is, the manner of becoming righteous which God hath appointed; without the law Without that perfect and previous obedience which the law requires; without reference to, or dependance on, the law, ceremonial or moral, revealed or natural; is manifested In the gospel, being attested by the law and the prophets. The example of Abraham’s justification by faith, recorded Genesis 15:6, and the passage which the apostle quotes, Romans... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

3:21-5:21 THE WAY OF SALVATION (JUSTIFICATION)Now that he has established that all humankind is sinful and under God’s condemnation, Paul moves on to explain the salvation that God has made available through Jesus Christ. The following outline introduces a number of ideas and words that Paul uses in this section.God’s loveIt is true that God loves sinners and wants to forgive them (2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:16), but genuine love also acts justly. It does not ignore wrongdoing. Suppose,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:24

freely . Greek. dorean. See John 15:25 . by . Dative case. No preposition. grace . Greek. charis. App-184 . Compare Romans 3:28 ; Romans 5:1 , Romans 5:9 . through . Greek. dia. App-104 .Romans 3:1 . redemption . Greek. apolutrosis. Occurs ten times. Here; Romans 8:23 .Luke 21:28 . 1 Corinthians 1:30 . Ephesians 1:7 , Ephesians 1:14 ; Ephesians 4:30 . Colossians 1:14 .Hebrews 9:15 ; Hebrews 11:35 . Christ Jesus . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:24

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.Glorious is the thought that justification in God's sight is now available to all people, not upon the basis of their success in keeping the commandments of any law, nor upon the basis of their having achieved any degree of moral perfection, or even excellence, and not upon the basis of their fulfilling any kind of law whatever, except that of meeting the terms upon which God provided it. True, those terms are... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:24

Romans 3:24. By his grace— Grace or favour means that compassionate disposition of the divine nature, whereby God freely remits his right of punishment, and receives penitent sinners into favour on terms which he was not bound in justice to do. Concerning the true import of the words redemption, propitiation, &c. we refer to what has been said in the notes on the Old Testament, at the same time referring the reader to Peter Whitfield's "Christianity of the New Testament," p. 95, &c.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:24

24. justified freely—without anything done on our part to deserve. by his grace—His free love. through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus—a most important clause; teaching us that though justification is quite gratuitous, it is not a mere fiat of the divine will, but based on a "Redemption," that is, "the payment of a Ransom," in Christ's death. That this is the sense of the word "redemption," when applied to Christ's death, will appear clear to any impartial student of the passages where... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:21-26

A. The description of justification 3:21-26Paul began by explaining the concept of justification. [Note: See Carl F. H. Henry, "Justification: A Doctrine in Crisis," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38:1 (March 1995):57-65, for discussion of the crisis that Protestant Catholic rapprochement poses for the doctrine of justification.] "We now come to the unfolding of that word which Paul in Chapter One declares to be the very heart of the gospel . . ." [Note: Newell, p. 92.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:24

"We now come to the greatest single verse in the entire Bible on the manner of justification by faith: We entreat you, study this verse. We have seen many a soul, upon understanding it, come into peace." [Note: Newell, p. 114.] It is all who believe (Romans 3:22), not all who have sinned (Romans 3:23), who receive justification (Romans 3:24). [Note: See Blue, pp. 338-50.] Justification is an act, not a process. And it is something God does, not man. As mentioned previously, justification is a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

The New Way of Acceptance with GodIn Romans 1, 2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned wilfully, and are under God’s condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish objections against the gospel, which he had, no doubt, heard urged in synagogues (Romans 3:1-8). Returning to the main subject, he clinches his indictment of the Jew out of the Scriptures, and concludes that all the world is ’under the judgment of God’ (Romans 3:9-20).Having thus shown that man is sinful and lost, he now... read more

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