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What is… justification?

Posted on April 7, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Our Theology Thursday word for this week is justification. “dikaioō” The verb to justify in the New Testament Greek is dikaioō. Dikaioō has a range of meanings, but a very common use of the word is “to declare righteous.” This is the general meaning of justification in the New Testament. Furthermore, the use of the […]

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