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Gavin Ortlund on Justification

LIVING · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Forensic — righteousness imputed, not infused

THE POSITION

Forensic imputation.

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SCRIPTURE
ROMANS 4:5 · BSB

5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

18 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Jacobus ArminiusCalvinJonathan EdwardsThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithJosh HowertonTim KellerSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurPhilip MelanchthonJohn OwenJustin PetersJohn PiperR.C. SproulCharles Haddon SpurgeonWesleyWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Includes being made righteous, not only declaredAUGUSTINE · CHRYSOSTOM
By infused grace, mediated sacramentallyAQUINAS
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Pastor and author behind Truth Unites. Works on retrieving the church fathers for Protestants and on charitable engagement with Catholic and Orthodox claims.

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"Gavin Ortlund on Justification", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ortlund/justification (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ortlund/justification).

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