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Justified

Key Verse: Romans 5:1  ·  NASB1995

Key Verse

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”

Romans 5:1

This is a legal verdict, not a feeling. God has declared you righteous in His court, and the verdict is not provisional — it will never be appealed or reversed.

Also See

“being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;”

Romans 3:24 · NASB1995

“and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”

Romans 8:30 · NASB1995

“Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”

1 Corinthians 6:11 · NASB1995

“so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

Titus 3:7 · NASB1995

Romans 5:1 grounds your peace with God in having “been justified by faith,” and Romans 3:24 says this happens “as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:30 places it in an unbroken chain — called, justified, glorified — that cannot be interrupted partway through. First Corinthians 6:11 and Titus 3:7 both tie justification to what follows from it: a new identity now, and “the hope of eternal life” to come.

Reflect

  1. Justified means the verdict is already in — how does that settle any lingering fear you have about “measuring up” to God?

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Adapted from “The Riches of Grace in Christ Jesus” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, from Salvation (Sunday School Times Company, 1917, public domain).

Scripture quotations are from the NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible, 1995 update), © The Lockman Foundation.

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