Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
- BSB Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- NKJV Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
- NASB Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
- NLT And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.
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Quick answer
Since we are justified by Christ's blood, we will surely be saved from God's wrath through him. Justification guarantees final salvation.
Overview
Paul argues from the greater to the lesser: if God justified us at great cost through Christ's blood, 'much more' will he save us from coming wrath. The believer's deliverance from final judgment is as secure as the justification already accomplished. This gives strong assurance that the work begun in justification will be completed.
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Cross-references · 12
- 1 Th 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
- Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- Eph 2:13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
- Rom 3:24–26Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- Rom 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
- Rom 5:1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Heb 9:22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
- Rom 8:30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- Heb 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Rom 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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