Romans 5:1 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-11

The state of the justified. We saw in last chapter how Abraham was justified by faith alone, and how his case really covers ours. The promise of blessing through a seed, which Abraham believed so implicitly, has been fulfilled in Christ. We accordingly behove in the faithful Promiser who raised up Jesus from the dead, and we regard his death and resurrection as being a deliverance to death for our offences, and a deliverance from death for our justification. Faith enables us to draw... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-21

(6) The results of the revelation of the righteousness of God, as affecting (a) the consciousness and hopes of believers; (b) the position of mankind before God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:1

Therefore - οὖν oun Since we are thus justified, or as a consequence of being justified, we have peace.Being justified by faith - See the notes at Romans 1:17; Romans 3:24; Romans 4:5.We - That is, all who are justified. The apostle is evidently speaking of true Christians.Have peace with God - see the note at John 14:27. True religion is often represented as peace with God; see Acts 10:36; Romans 8:6; Romans 10:15; Romans 14:17; Galatians 5:22; see also Isaiah 32:17.“And the work of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:1

Romans 5:1. Therefore being justified In the way shown in the preceding chapter, we receive many blessed privileges and advantages in consequence thereof. Here, to comfort the believers at Rome, and elsewhere, under the sufferings which the profession of the gospel brought upon them, the apostle proceeds to enumerate the privileges which belong to true believers in general. And from his account it appears, that the privileges of Abraham’s seed by faith, are far greater than those which... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 5:1-11

The believer’s assurance (5:1-11)When God justifies people (declares them to be righteous, or puts them right with him), he brings them into a relationship of peace with himself. In his grace he accepts them into his holy presence, and assures them of one day sharing his glory (5:1-2). Believers’ anticipation of future glory is what the Bible calls hope. Hope in this sense is not a mere wish for something, but the expectation of something that is certain. It is an assured belief that enables... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 5:1

justified . See Romans 2:13 . App-191 . by . App-104 . faith . App-150 ., i.e. on faith-principle. See Romans 1:17 . we have peace . The Revised Version "let us have peace" is not warranted. The apostle's teaching is plain. Having been justified, therefore we have peace with God. with . App-104 . God . App-98 . through . App-104 .Romans 5:1 . Lord . App-98 . Jesus Christ . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 5:1

An amazing difference of opinion among commentators as to what constituted Paul's subject matter in this chapter must be noted.Greathouse suggested:Paul rounds out his doctrine of justification by putting this truth in its eschatological context.[1]Greathouse cited "the hope of the glory of God" (Romans 5:2), and "final salvation" (Romans 5:9-10) as supporting his analysis. Lenski favored the view that writings in this chapterUndoubtedly describe the blessed effects of God's righteousness... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 5:1

Romans 5:1. The Apostle, having proved in the former chapter, that the believing Gentiles are justified in the same way with Abraham, and in fact are his seed, included with him in the promise or covenant, he judged this a proper place (as the Jews built all their glorying upon the Abrahamic covenant) to produce some of those privileges and blessings in whichthe Christian Gentile could glory, in consequence of his justification, or his being pardoned, and taken into the covenant and peculiar... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:1

1. Therefore being—"having been." justified by faith, we have peace with God, c.—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... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:1

"Therefore" signals that what follows rests on what has preceded. Paul now put the question of whether justification is by faith or by works behind him. He had proved that it comes to us by faith."We must note at once that the Greek form of this verb ’declared righteous,’ or ’justified,’ is not the present participle, ’being declared righteous,’ but rather the aorist participle, ’having been declared righteous,’ or ’justified.’ You say, What is the difference? The answer is, ’being declared... read more