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Yes I see the word now. It looks back to Vs 8
if that was the case, vs 9 would read "Much more then,
being then justified by His blood". But that is not how the verse reads.
Rom 5:8 declares
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Now that Christ died for us Vs 9
9
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Christ dying #1 Justified us by His Blood and #2 ensured that those He died for are saved from wrath.
Your problem is unbelief, in that you dont believe Christs death alone Justified them He died for.
False God had already imputed Righteousness to Abraham
That is not what is stated in Scripture:
Genesis 15:6 And he [Abraham] believed in the LORD; and he [God] counted it to him [Abraham] for righteousness.
In order for your understanding to be correct, you have to rearrange the words to fit your stated belief. Just read Scripture as written by the Author of Scripture. If God had wanted the verse to read "And God counted Abraham righteous and Abraham believed", God would have written the verse in that order.
Quit manipulating Scripture in your vain attempt to align Scripture to your erroneous dogma.
I know what it says, Im telling you what it means, Righteousness was imputed to Abraham before he believed, thats why and what he believed. Abraham like everyone else Christ died for have His Righteousness imputed to them.
Christs death alone reconciled all parties involved.
Your statement is incorrect because, if true, that would mean there was never any enmity. However, God's Word is clear ... we were enemies and we remain enemies until we are justified by faith (Rom 5:1). At that point, we are reconciled to God and we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Those Christ died for are reconciled to God while enemies. Rom 5:10
10 For if, when we
were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Now since you like the greek so much, when we were enemies is in the present tense, meaning while they were being enemies, they were or we were reconciled to God is past tense. So they were reconciled to God, prior to their conversion, and while they were in a state of being enemies. How so ? By the Death of Christ. Now you dont believe in the death of Christ !
In Col 1:20-22
You have the same problem in Col 1:21 as you have with Rom 5:9:
Colossians 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Oh No, Col 1:20-22 clarifies that even their being reconciled from a state of them being enemies in their mind, that was effected through the death of Christ as well
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21 And
you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
You dont believe in the death of Christ !