“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:”
And all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. The solution: justified (dikaioo) freely (dōrean)—as a pure gift without payment. By his grace through redemption (apolytrōsis) accomplished in Christ. Redemption suggests being freed from captivity through ransom; Christ's sacrificial death is the price of our liberation from sin's power and condemnation.
Church Fathers on Romans 3:24
“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness.” See by how many proofs he makes good what was said. First, from the worthiness of the person, for it is not a man who does these things, that He should be too weak for it, but God all-powerful. For it is to God, he says, that the righteousness belongs. Again, from the Law and the Prophets.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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