mark wrote:
. . . we cannot be justified (made righteous) by our attempts to keep the law . . .

I am so grateful that mark at least told us what he meant by his use of the word “justified”;
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

According to my English dictionary, when used transitively, the verb to justify means
1. to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right [example: The end does not always justify the means]; or
2. to defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded [example: Don’t try to justify his rudeness].
The usage “to justify a person” exists only in christianese.

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