Romans 5:1-2 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-2

Justification and its consequences. Here side by side are the most solemn, the most terrible, and the most glorious certitudes of our religion. There is a God. With that God we are not naturally at peace. Enmity toward God means sin; and the wages of sin is death. But how to make peace with him? Blessed be his Name, Christ has died that we might live. "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them." Emnity and death—the results of sin, to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-2

The Christian privilege. Justification by faith being assumed as now established, the Christian's consequent attitude towards God and hope in him are next set forth. Salvation is but begun; and the process? the goal? May there not be failure by the way, and catastrophe at last? The apostle, in the first half of this chapter, sets forth the grounds of Christian assurance. In these two verses he exhorts to peace and joyful hope. I. PEACE . Even the justified Christian may be diffident,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-11

( a ) As to the consciousness of individual believers. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

Through whom also we have (rather, have had— ἐδχήκαμεν —referring to the past time of conversion and baptism, but with the idea of continuance expressed by the perfect) the (or, our ) access by faith (the words, "by faith," which are not required, are absent from many manuscripts) into this grace wherein we stand , and rejoice (properly, glory , καυχώμεθα , the same word as in the following verse, and most usually so rendered elsewhere, though sometimes by "boast." Our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

A state of privilege. It seems as if the apostle was delighted to turn from demonstrations of the credibility of the gospel plan to consider the happiness of those who had embraced it and were realizing its privileges. His pen glows as he exhorts himself and his readers to taste the full comforts of the condition of reconciliation towards God. When our right to the estate is challenged, we may spend time in examining the title-deeds and verifying our claims; but in general it is healthier... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2-5

Christian discipline. Christianity is a religion intended both for heaven and for earth. It does not lose sight of the present when gazing into the future, visible to it alone. Beginning with our relation to God, it establishes thereupon our relation to men. It unfolds morality in the act of revealing the spiritual and Divine. It represents heaven, not merely as a compensation for the miseries of time and earth, but as a state attained by the training and the education which, in the order... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:2

We have access - See the note at John 14:6, “I am the way,” etc. Doddridge renders it, “by whom we have been introduced,” etc. It means, “by whom we have the privilege of obtaining the favor of God which we enjoy when we are justified.” The word rendered “access” occurs but in two other places in the New Testament, Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:12. By Jesus Christ the way is opened for us to obtain the favor of God.By faith - By means of faith, Romans 1:17.Into this grace - Into this favor of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2-5

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:2

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