Christ Quote by Paul F. M. Zahl

We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists…

— John Calvin

“Justification is the means whereby we appropriate the saving act of God in the past, and sanctification the promise of God's activity in the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Justification is the new creation of the new man, and sanctification his preservation until the day of Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“For Christians, then, Christ’s justification, given with his resurrection, becomes theirs.”

— Richard B. Jr. Gaffin

The atonement, or forgiveness of sin once and for all achieved on the cross, weighs in, and heavily. But the atonement is confirmed, ratified,…

— Paul F. M. Zahl

“For Christians, then, Christ’s justification, given with his resurrection, becomes theirs. When they are united to the resurrected and justified Christ by faith, his…

— Richard B. Jr. Gaffin

Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness…

— Robert Barclay

“Never think of justification as something that happens solely at the beginning of the Christian life, as though, once you are justified, you then…

— Desmond Ford

“Justification is an eschatological fact that has occurred in history. It means acquittal from the guilt of sin by a favorable decision of the…

— George Eldon Ladd

“Romans explains how God can justify the ungodly. "Justification" is a declaration by God that we are righteous only in Christ. We need justification…

— Desmond Ford

I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not…

— R. C. Sproul

“The justification of my life before God is to live because of and toward the living, dying, and rising of Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer