Romans 3:21-31 and the verb dikaioún Paul’s teaching in Romans 3:21-31 is often called the principal source (locus classicus) of the doctrine of justification. Here he uses the verbs dikaioún “justify, absolve, declare righteous” and dikaioústhai “become justified, absolved, be declared righteous”. This verb is a judicial term. It means that God declares as his

Seth Erlandsson This series of articles is an excerpt from XP Media’s book “Rättfärdiggörelsen Genom Tron,” published for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. This excerpt first appeared in Biblicum 81:1, 2017, pages 3-7. Translated by Julius Buelow. Introduction All sinners need perfect righteousness in order to have fellowship with God and to

This article gives a quick summary of the Bible’s teaching concerning sin and grace. Originally published as “Synd och nåd” in Biblicum Volume 80 Number 1, 2016. Biblicum, Hantverkaregatan 8 B, SE-341 Ljungby, www.biblicum.se . All Bible citations from: The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. Translated to English by

Note: “The Wartburg Project” is a group of Lutheran pastors and professors who have worked together to produce a new translation of the Bible, the “Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)®. More information can be found at wartburgproject.org. Originally published as EHV – en ny engelsk bibelöversättning in Biblicum Volume 86 Number 1, 2022. Biblicum, Hantverkaregatan 8

There is a lot of speculation about which the path the Israelites traveled when they left Egypt–which is strange, because the statements of the Bible are clear. This article interacts with the Biblical text and a modern study Bible to lay out the Bible’s teaching. Originally published as Från träldom till det utlovade landet in

The photo was taken at a course in Stavanger, Norway, 1982. On August 18, 1941, Seth Samuel Erlandsson was born in Piteå, Sweden, in the family home next door to Bibeltrogna Vänner’s (Evangelical Lutheran Mission) chapel that his father Erland Pettersson had helped build. Via Norrköping, where he grew up and went to school, he

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