N. T. texts: _Mat. 12:37_—“_For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned_”; _Luke 7:29_—“_And all the people ... justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John_”; _10:29_—“_But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?_” _16:15_—“_Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts_”; _18:14_—“_This man went down to his house justified rather than the other_”; _cf._ _13_ (lit.) “_God, be thou propitiated toward me the sinner_”; _Rom. 4:6‐8_—“_Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin_”; _cf._ _Ps. 32:1, 2_,—“_Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile._” _Rom. 5:18, 19_—“_So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life. For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous_”; _8:33, 34_—“_Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth; who is he that condemneth?_” _2 Cor. 5:19, 21_—“_God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses.... Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God_ [God’s justified persons] _in him_”; _Rom. 6:7_—“_he that hath died is justified from sin_”; _1 Cor. 4:4_—“_For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord_” (on this last text, see Expositor’s Greek Testament, _in loco_).