Romans 3:24
But Jesus Christ died for us. He took the payback for those bad things that we did. So now God is really good to us, and he says that we are all right now, and he will not blame us any more. And we don’t have to pay anything.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
In Context
23We all went the wrong way, and we did bad things. Nobody is properly good, like God wants us to be.
Cross References
Romans 5:9And that’s not all. Jesus Christ bled and died instead of us, so now God tells us, “You are all right,” and he will not be angry with us when he judges everyone.
1 Corinthians 1:30But as for you, God joined you to Jesus Christ. You and us together, Jesus helps us to be wise, like God. And Jesus makes us to be God’s friends, so that he will tell us we are all right. And Jesus makes us God’s own special people too. Jesus died to pay for us and set us free from everything that is wrong.
Ephesians 1:6So we thank him a lot for that. God loves his son, Jesus, very much, and after we are joined to his son, God is really good to us too.
Matthew Henry on Romans 3:20-31
Justification by Faith; Christ a Propitiation. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by… Read the whole commentary →