10神因祂的恩典,借着在基督里的救赎,并借着我们信耶稣,已白白地称义我们(24、26)。基督既为我们的罪付了代价,并成就了完全的救赎,满足神一切的要求,神要成为义的,就必须称义我们。在神一面,称义是因祂的义;在我们一面,称义是因祂白白的恩典,并非因行律法。我们要因行律法得称义,就需要作工,但要因着在基督里的救赎称义,就不需要作工;称义乃是因祂的恩典白白赐给的。我们原不配得;但因着基督那满足神一切要求的救赎,神因祂的义,就必须称义我们(罗马书生命读经,六八至六九、七一至七四页)。
10God has justified us freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ and through the faith of Jesus (vv. 24, 26). Since Christ has paid the price for our sins and has accomplished the full redemption to meet all of God’s requirements, God, in order for Him to be just, must justify us. On God’s side justification is by His righteousness; on our side justification is by His free grace as compared with justification by the works of the law. To be justified by the works of the law, we need to work, but to be justified by the redemption in Christ, there is no need of our work; it is freely given by His grace. We do not deserve it. But God is bound by His righteousness to justify us because of the redemption of Christ, which meets all His requirements. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 55, 57-59)