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 1 Therefore 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 Adam’s 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 man’s 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 man’s 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.
 
[Romans 4](/study/romans/4) [Romans 6](/study/romans/6)

## Commentary

 To verse 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](/kjv/romans/1/17); [Romans 3:24](/kjv/romans/3/24); [Romans 4:5](/kjv/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](/kjv/john/14/27). True religion is often represented as peace with God; see [Acts 10:36](/kjv/acts/10/36); [Romans 8:6](/kjv/romans/8/6); [Romans 10:15](/kjv/romans/10/15); [Romans 14:17](/kjv/romans/14/17); [Galatians 5:22](/kjv/galatians/5/22); see also [Isaiah 32:17](/kjv/isaiah/32/17). 

“And the work of righteousness shall be peace, 

And the effect of righteousness. 

Quietness and assurance forever:” 

This is called peace, because, 

(2)The state of a sinner’s mind is far from peace. He is often agitated, alarmed, trembling. He feels that he is alienated from God. For, 

“The wicked are like the troubled sea. 

For it never can be at rest; 

Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.” 

[Isaiah 57:20](/kjv/isaiah/57/20). 

The sinner in this state regards God as his enemy. He trembles when he thinks of his Law; fears his judgments; is alarmed when he thinks of hell. His bosom is a stranger to peace. This has been felt in all lands, alike under the thunders of the Law of Sinai among the Jews; in the pagan world; and in lands where the gospel is preached. It is the effect of an alarmed and troubled conscience. 

(3) The plan of salvation by Christ reveals God as willing to be reconciled. He is ready to pardon, and to be at peace. If the sinner repents and believes, God can now consistently forgive him, and admit him to favor. It is therefore a plan by which the mind of God and of the sinner can become reconciled, or united in feeling and in purpose. The obstacles on the part of God to reconciliation, arising from his justice and Law, have been removed, and he is now willing to be at peace. The obstacles on the part of man, arising from his sin, his rebellion, and his conscious guilt, may be taken away, and he can now regard God as his friend. 

(4) The effect of this plan, when the sinner embraces it, is to produce peace in his own mind. He experiences peace; a peace which the world gives not, and which the world cannot take away, [Philippians 4:7](/kjv/philippians/4/7); [1 Peter 1:8](/kjv/1-peter/1/8); [John 16:22](/kjv/john/16/22). Usually in the work of conversion to God, this peace is the first evidence that is felt of the change of heart. Before, the sinner was agitated and troubled. But often suddenly, a peace and calmness is felt, which is before unknown. The alarm subsides; the heart is calm; the fears die away, like the waves of the ocean after a storm. A sweet tranquillity visits the heart - a pure shining light, like the sunbeams that break through the opening clouds after a tempest. The views, the feelings, the desires are changed; and the bosom that was just before filled with agitation and alarm, that regarded God as its enemy, is now at peace with him, and with all the world. 

**Through our Lord Jesus Christ -**By means of the atonement of the Lord Jesus. It is his mediation that has procured it.

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