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# justify, justification
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## Definition
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To justify means to declare a guilty person to be righteous. Justification is the act of being declared righteous.
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* When God justifies people, he makes them righteous in his sight.
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* Justification is what God does when he forgives a person's sins and declares that person to be righteous.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* Other ways to translate "justify" could include, "to declare righteous" or "to cause to be righteous."
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* The term "justification" could be translated as, "being declared righteous" or "becoming righteous" or "causing people to be righteous."
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* The phrase "resulting in justification" could be translated as, "so that God justified many people" or "which resulted in God causing people to be righteous."
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* The phrase "for our justification" could be translated as, "in order that we could be justified by God."
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