#76. Romans 3:19-20 – Just (Justification Series: Prologue)
Part II: The Conduct of Humanity Throughout our study of Romans, you have heard me use the words “just,” “justify,” “just statute,” “righteousness,” “made righteous,” and “righteous standard.” I have not made an attempt to define these words yet. As we approach the evangel, this becomes an imperative task, for understanding this word is vital to apprehending Romans as a whole. The term “just,” in Greek, is dikaion. This base element appears 227 times in the Greek scriptures. Of these 227 occurrences, 74 of them appear in Romans. Counting Romans 3:20, we have seen the term appear 19 times already, and we will see it appear 19 more times before Romans 5. In this article, I seek to briefly review each use of “just” thus far in Romans, with the basic definition of the term in mind. The Definition The definition of “just,” as it appears in the Keyword Concordance in the back of the CLNT, is “conformed to right or law,” or “righteous.” The quality of being “just” is to be right. This definit...
