Romans 5 KJV
Peace with God
Romans Chapter 5: Peace with God
This chapter explores themes of Faith, Hope, Grace, Suffering. The Adam-Christ typology in Romans 5 portrays Adam as a "figure" (Greek typos) of the coming Redeemer, establishing a theological framework where Christ's obedience reverses the effects of Adam's disobedience on a cosmic scale rather than merely offering individual forgiveness.
1herefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adamโs transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
17 For if by one manโs offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
19 For as by one manโs disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Did You Know?
The Adam-Christ typology in Romans 5 portrays Adam as a "figure" (Greek typos) of the coming Redeemer, establishing a theological framework where Christ's obedience reverses the effects of Adam's disobedience on a cosmic scale rather than merely offering individual forgiveness.
Paul's argument introduces the concept of imputation, where Adam's sin is credited to all humanity and Christ's righteousness to believers, grounding later doctrines of federal headship in the representative roles of these two figures.
The mention of Christ's death "for the ungodly" challenges ancient heroic ideals of sacrifice for the worthy by extending divine love to those actively hostile to God, underscoring the radical nature of unmerited grace.
Verses 3-5 form a counterintuitive chain in which tribulation produces endurance that forges proven character, ultimately preventing hope from being put to shame through the indwelling Spirit's outpouring of love.
The chapter bridges present justification and future salvation by linking reconciliation with God to deliverance "from wrath," emphasizing both current peace and eschatological security through Christ's life.
Commentary & Study Notes Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (1871) ยท Public Domain Therefore being โ "having been." justified by faith, we have peace with God, &c. โ If we are to be guided by manuscript authority, the true reading here, beyond doubt, is, "Letโฆ
Classic verse-by-verse commentary on Romans 5 from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871). Covers: The blessed effects of justification by faith; Comparison and contrast between adam and Christ in their relation to the human family.
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- Therefore being โ "having been." justified by faith, we have peace with God, &c. โ If we are to be guided by manuscript authority, the true reading here, beyond doubt, is, "Let us have peace"; a reading, however, which most reject, because they think it unnatural to exhort men to have what it belongs to God to give, because the apostle is not here giving exhortations, but stating matters of fact. But as it seems hazardous to set aside the decisive testimony of manuscripts, as to what the apostle did write, in favor of what we merely think he ought to have written, let us pause and ask โ If it be the privilege of the justified to "have peace with God," why might not the apostle begin his enumeration of the fruits of justification by calling on believers to "realize" this peace as belonged to them, or cherish the joyful consciousness of it as their own? And if this is what he has done, it would not be necessary to continue in the same style, and the other fruits of justification might be set down, simply as matters of fact. This "peace" is first a change in God's relation to us; and next, as the consequence of this, a change on our part towards Him. God, on the one hand, has "reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ" (2Co 5:18); and we, on the other hand, setting our seal to this, "are reconciled to God" (2Co 5:20). The "propitiation" is the meeting-place; there the controversy on both sides terminates in an honorable and eternal "peace."
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- By whom also we have โ "have had" access by faith into this grace โ favor with God. wherein we stand โ that is "To that same faith which first gave us 'peace with God' we owe our introduction into that permanent standing in the favor of God which the justified enjoy." As it is difficult to distinguish this from the peace first mentioned, we regard it as merely an additional phase of the same [MEYER, PHILIPPI, MEHRING], rather than something new [BEZA, THOLUCK, HODGE]. and rejoice โ "glory," "boast," "triumph" โ "rejoice" is not strong enough. in hope of the glory of God โ On "hope," see on Ro 5:4.
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