Romans 5:1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
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Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Job 21:21For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?
Psalms 122:6O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.
Isaiah 32:17And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.
Isaiah 55:12For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
Habakkuk 2:4As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
Matthew Henry on Romans 5:1
The apostle, having made good his point, and fully proved justification by faith, in this chapter proceeds in the explication, illustration, and application of that truth. I. He shows the fruits of justification, ver. 1-5 . II. He shows the fountain and foundation of justification in the death of Jesus Christ, which he discourses of at large in the rest of the chapter . Read the whole commentary →