Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Being justified freely, х doorean (G1432)] - without anything done on our part to deserve it (compare 2 Thessalonians 3:8, where the same word is rendered, "for nought")
By his grace - gratuitously, in the sole exercise of His spontaneous love.
Third: God Is Just in thus Justifying Believers (Romans 3:24-26)
Through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. A vastly important clause this, teaching us that though justification is quite gratuitous, it is not a mere fiat of the divine will, but based on a "Redemption" - that is, 'the payment of a Ransom,' in Christ's death. It is true that the word х apolutroosis (G629)], though properly meaning 'redemption on payment of a ransom,' is used also for redemption or deliverance of any sort, without reference to a ransom price. But here, and almost universally in the New Testament, it is used, beyond all reasonable doubt, of redemption in the strict sense of the term; since in almost every place it is expressly said to be "through the blood of Christ."