Rom. 3:22, New American Standard Bible:
"Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe;"
Rom. 3:22, Greek text, verbatim:
"Even a righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ INTO all the believing ones;"
Two Greek Prepositions for "To:" One Meaning
"Toward," Another Meaning "Into"
Christ's SELF-SACRIFICE Cancels Out Our SELF-CENTEREDNESS
(His Love for God and Others) (Our Love for Self)
Christ's SELF-HUMILIATION Cancels Out Our SELF-SUFFICIENCY
(His Humility) (Our Arrogance)
God's RIGHTEOUSNESS Cancels Out Our UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(Demonstrated on the Cross) (Demonstrated in our
Sin)
Christ's GRACIOUS TRADE Cancels Out Our BAD TRADES of Sin
(Substituting God for man (Substituting man for
God
on the cross, where man as the focal point of
worship,
would have had to pay the as the judge, and as
our
penalty for man's sin) confidence in Rom. 1, 2)
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