Justification

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Key Passages

Matthew 5:10; 6:33; 21:32
John 16:8-11
Hebrews 5:1-3; 10:37-38
James 2:14-26
Galatians 2:15-16; 5:1-13
Romans 3:21-31; 5:11; 6:7; 6:11; 6:23
1 Corinthians 1:2; 1:31
2 Corinthians 1.1; 5:17; 5:18-21

Articles in Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Justification | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Justification | Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Justification | The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Justification | Dictionary of Paul and His Letters

Articles in Theological Dictionaries

δικαιόω | The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
δικαιόω | New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology
δικαιόω | The Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
δίκαιος | Theological Lexicon of the New Testament
צָדֵק | Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
צדק | Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament

Articles in Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Justification by Faith | Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible
Justification | Dictionary of Christianity in America
Justification | Ecclesiastical Dictionary
Justification | Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith
Justification | Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Righteousness, Justice, and Justification | New Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Justification | New Dictionary of Theology
justification | Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics and Philosophy of Religion

Chapters or Sections in Bible Commentaries

The Principle: Justification by Faith (Gal 2:15-16) | The New American Commentary: Galatians
God’s Righteousness in the Death of Jesus (Romans 3:21–26) | Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans
III. God’s Saving Righteousness to Faith (Romans 3:21-5:21) | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 38a: Romans 1-8

Chapters or Sections in Systematic Theologies

Barth | Church Dogmatics, Volume IV, part 1–2
Bavinck | Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation
Calvin | Institutes of the Christian Religion
Grudem | Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Bible Doctrine
Lloyd-Jones | Great Doctrines of the Bible, Volume 2: God the Holy Spirit
Miley | Systematic Theology

Monographs

Berkouwer | Studies in Dogmatics: Faith and Justification
Küng | Justification: The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection (not in Logos)
McGrath | Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification, 2 vols. (not in Logos)
Carson (ed.) | Right with God: Justification in the Bible and the World
Jüngel | Justification: The Heart of the Christian Faith
Ritschl | The Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation
Ryken | Justification (The Gospel Coalition Booklets)
Sproul | Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification

Web Links

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification |by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church
Methodists join Catholic-Lutheran statement on justification
A Betrayal of the Gospel: The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification | Rev. Paul T. McCain
Commentary on the Joint Declartion on the Doctrine of Justification | by Raymond G. Munroe, Elder

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