Acts 13:38-40

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³⁸So let it be clearly known by you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you; ³⁹and through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as Lord and Savior and follows Him] is ^[a]justified and declared free of guilt from all things, from which you could not be justified and freed of guilt through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰Therefore be careful, so that the thing spoken of in the [writings of the] Prophets does not come upon you:

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Acts 13:39 Because of one’s personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, God graciously credits His righteousness to the believer. Justification denotes a legal standing with God as designated only by God. God declares a believer to be acquitted (absolved, freed of all charges), then designates the believer to be brought into right standing before Him.