John Piper on Justification
Forensic — righteousness imputed, not infused
THE POSITION
Forensic imputation, defended at length against revisionist accounts.
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5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Longtime pastor of Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, and founder of Desiring God. Reformed soteriology combined with continuationism and historic premillennialism.
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"John Piper on Justification", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/piper/justification (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/piper/justification).