BIBLE GLOSSARY

Redemption

WHAT IT MEANS

Release or rescue, often pictured through the payment of a price.

IN BIBLICAL CONTEXT

Ephesians connects redemption with forgiveness through Christ. Other biblical settings use the image of freeing someone or recovering what was lost.

AN EVERYDAY EXAMPLE

The image of someone bearing a cost to secure another person's freedom helps explain redemption.

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Redemption — Bible glossary · LUMINVIA