As recorded at Romans 3 23, 24, Paul thus told anointed Christians All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and it is as a free gift that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus
रोमकर ३: २३, २४ मध्ये नमूद केल्यानुसार पौलाने अभिषिक्‍त ख्रिश्‍चनांना लिहिले: “सर्वांनी पाप केले आहे आणि ते देवाच्या गौरवाला उणे पडले आहेत. देवाच्या कृपेने ख्रिस्त येशूने खंडणी भरून प्राप्त केलेल्या मुक्‍तीच्या द्वारे ते विनामूल्य नीतिमान ठरतात. ”