Acts Chapter 13 verse 39 Holy Bible
and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.
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and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.
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And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 39. - Every one that believeth is for all that believe are, A.V. Here, then, is the great gospel message of grace, "the gospel of the grace of God," as St. Paul speaks in Acts 20:24; the proclamation, consequent upon the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, of a free and full forgiveness of sins to all that repent and believe the gospel (Acts 20:21); see Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 4:12; Acts 5:31; Colossians 1:14, etc., and Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:77. Note, too, how adroitly the apostle points out the superiority of the gospel which he was preaching to them over the Law, and the pre-eminence of Christ over Moses.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(39) And by him.--Literally, in Him, as the sphere in which forgiveness was found, rather than as the instrument through whom it came.All that believe are justified.--Literally, with a more individualising touch, every one that believeth is justified. The latter verb is not found elsewhere in the Acts. It is interesting to note in this, the first recorded example of St. Paul's teaching, the occurrence of the word which, as time passed on, came to be almost identified with him and with his work. It is clearly used, as interpreted by the "forgiveness of sins" in the context, in its forensic sense, as meaning "acquitted," "declared not guilty." (Comp. Note on Matthew 12:37.)From which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.--The words are full of meaning, as the germ of all that was most characteristic in St. Paul's later teaching. The Law, with its high standard of righteousness (Romans 7:12), its demand of entire obedience, its sacrifices which bore witness to the burden of sin, yet had no power to liberate conscience from its thraldom (Hebrews 8:1-3), had taught him that its function in the spiritual life of man was to work out the knowledge of sin (Romans 7:7), not to emancipate men from it. The sense of freedom from guilt, and therefore of a true life, was to be found, as he had learnt by his own experience, through faith in Christ. "The just by faith shall live" (Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11). . . .