Christ's Justification
The resurrection as Christ’s own justification is confirmed by 1 Timothy 3:16, “manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,” where the reference, almost certainly, is to the Holy Spirit’s activity in raising Jesus from the dead.
Richard Gaffin, By Faith, Not by Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation (Waynesboro, GA: Paternoster Press, 2006), 84