To obtain a proper exegesis of the word justified, justify or justification one would have to use the bibles' explanation as opposed to the translations given by the linguist who have doctrinal biases in their explanation. As a rule of thumb the bible explanation always supersedes the explanation given by scholastic sources of proving bible doctrine. Their explanation could be generally used but not 100 % of the times.
The word "dikaioo" is the word used in Romans 6:7 and is translated freed. Rom.6:6-7 tells us "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed (dikaioo) from sin." This explains a lot for being diakaioo from sin is not only to be understood to be freed from sin, for verse 7 further explains to us us, it is also to be understood as the crucifixion of the old man which is the unconverted old way of thinking or the old person who had sinful idol values in their mind. The result of this made righteous act of God is sinfreeness in the actions of the person. Hence the statement ' henceforth we should not serve sin". THAT IS JUSTIFICATION - MADE RIGHTEOUS WITHIN. The word dikaioo is also used in Gal.3:8 where we are told God "justify" the heathen through faith". Now understanding that justification is the death of the old man, all we have to do now is to examine the concept of the old man and new man as used by Paul in the bible to see the concept attends to idea of beings made righteous within. See Gal.1:17 -18 expresses the understanding that the converted person or justified person who sins afterwards has build again that which they destroyed (the old man). Eph.4:22-24 tells us "that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness".THAT IS JUSTIFICATION - MADE RIGHTEOUS WITHIN-. Furthermore Col.3:9-10 tells us "Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:" THAT IS JUSTIFICATION -MADE RIGHTEOUS WITHIN. Then there is 2Cor.5:17-18 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD."" THAT IS JUSTIFICATION - THE CRUCIFIXION OR DEATH OR THE PUTTING AWAY OF THE OLD MAN AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE NEW MAN WHICH IS RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHIN.
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