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What Is the "For" For? The Substitutionary Meaning of ‘For’ in the New Testament

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The meaning of the term "penal substitution" is that Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was on our behalf and for us. This article expains the meaning of the Greek word that is often translated as “for” in the English Bible, that it often stands for the idea of substitution.

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Romans 8:31 – God for Us

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  • Richard Brooks

This article on Romans 8:31 explains what it means that God is for us.

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Whose Obedience and Death Brings about the Fact that God is Totally for Us?

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  • John Piper

This short article is an excerpt from John Piper's book The Future of Justification. It gives an exposition of our only great hope as Christians - that God is for us now and forever. This hope is founded on the obedience of Christ.

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God’s love is a free love, having no motive or foundation but within itself Thomas Brooks
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