Who does God justify according to Romans 3:26?
According to Romans 3:26, God justifies the person who believes. The verse declares Christ's righteousness so that God may be just and absolutely fair while acting as the justifier of the one who exercises faith. It emphasizes that justification comes to the person who believes, not to one who relies on works or law.
Les explains that Romans 3:26 declares Christ's righteousness so that God can be just and absolutely fair in being the justifier of the person who believes. He stresses the simplicity: the person who believes is justified. This ties to redemption: Christ's blood paid the price, for Peter says believers are not bought with silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ. Hebrews says without shedding of blood there is no remission. Christ redeemed us, being made a curse for us, fulfilling Deuteronomy's 'cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.' Thus God justifies the one who believes because Christ paid the redemption price and became the curse on the tree.
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.