_Acts 13:39_—“_by him_ [lit.: ‘_in him_’ = in union with him] _every one that believeth is justified_”; _Rom. 6:7, 8_—“_he that hath died is justified from sin ... we died with Christ_”; _7:4_—“_dead to the law through the body of Christ_”; _8:1_—“_no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus_”; _17_—“_heirs of God, and joint‐heirs with Christ_”; _1 Cor. 1:30_—“_But of him ye are in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness_ [justification]”; _3:21, 23_—“_all things are yours ... and ye are Christ’s_”; _6:11_—“_ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God_”; _2 Cor. 5:14_—“_we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died_”; _21_—“_Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness_ [justification] _of God in him_” = God’s justified persons, in union with Christ (see pages 760, 761). _Gal. 2:20_—“_I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me_”; _Eph. 1:4, 6_—“_chose us in him ... to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved_”; _2:5, 6_—“_even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ ... made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus_”; _Phil. 3:8, 9_—“_that I may gain Christ, and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith_”; _2 Tim. 2:11_—“_Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him._” Prophet: _Luke 12:12_—“_the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say_”; _1 John 2:20_—“_ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things._” Priest: _1 Pet. 2:5_—“_a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ_”; _Rev. 20:6_—“_they shall be priests of God and of Christ_”; _1 Pet. 2:9_—“_a royal priesthood._” King: _Rev. 3:21_—“_He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne_”; _5:10_—“_madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests._” The connection of justification and union with Christ delivers the former from the charge of being a mechanical and arbitrary procedure. As Jonathan Edwards has said: “The justification of the believer is no other than his being admitted to communion in, or participation of, this head and surety of all believers.”