God & Savior

Romans 3:24

and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:24
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People are justified freely by God's grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Explanation

Right after saying all have sinned (3:23), Paul says how people can be put right with God: as a free gift. Redemption means being bought back or set free at a price, here through Christ's death (3:25).

Original language
  • δικαιούμενοι (dikaioumenoi): to justify
    Greek · Verb, present, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G1344 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Justified: declared righteous, put right with God, as in a court verdict.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 3:24, word 1

  • δωρεὰν (dōrean): freely
    Greek · Adverb · Strong's G1432 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Freely, as a gift.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 3:24, word 2

  • χάριτι (chariti): grace
    Greek · Noun, dative, singular, feminine · Strong's G5485 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Grace: undeserved favour.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 3:24, word 5

  • ἀπολυτρώσεως (apolutrōseōs): redemption
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G0629 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Redemption: release by payment of a price.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 3:24, word 8

  • Χριστῷ (Christō): Christ
    Greek · Noun, dative, singular, masculine · Strong's G5547 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Christ.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Romans 3:24, word 11

Cross-references
  • Romans 3:25 · Surrounding passage

    God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice.

  • Ephesians 1:7 · Same theme

    In Him we have redemption through His blood.

  • Titus 3:7 · Same theme

    Justified by His grace.

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,

  1. δικαιούμενοιdikaioumenoi“being justified”
    Verb, present, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from δικαιόω · “to justify” · Strong's G1344
  2. δωρεὰνdōrean“freely”
    Adverb · from δωρεάν · “freely” · Strong's G1432
  3. τῇtēa“by the”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. αὐτοῦautou“of Him”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  5. χάριτιchariti“grace”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from χάρις · “grace” · Strong's G5485
  6. διὰdia“through”
    Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
  7. τῆςtēs“the”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  8. ἀπολυτρώσεωςapolutrōseōs“redemption”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ἀπολύτρωσις · “redemption” · Strong's G0629
  9. τῆςtēs“that”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  10. ἐνen“[is] in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  11. ΧριστῷChristō“Christ”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  12. Ἰησοῦ,Iēsou“Jesus,”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  • Prepared by the God & Savior team. Not yet reviewed by an editor.
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)