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Much more, then, now that we are justified by his blood, we will be saved
Paul is saying that because we are justified by Christ's blood, we can be much more certain that Christ will save us. Alternate translation: "Now that we are justified by his blood, we will more certainly be saved"
now that we are justified by his blood
Here "justified" means that God puts us in a right relationship with himself. You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "now that God has made us right with himself because of Christ's death" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)
blood
This is a metonym for the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
saved
God forgives us and rescues us from being punished in hell for our sin.
the wrath of God
Here "wrath" is a metonym that refers to God's punishment of those who have sinned against him. Alternate translation: "God's punishment" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)