Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
- KJV Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from 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.
- 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 — Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
- Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- Eph 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
- Rom 3:24–26being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
- John 5:24“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- Rom 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
- Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Heb 9:22According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
- Rom 8:30Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Rom 5:10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
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