Section 5:1–11
Good fruit/things in our lives because we believe
In this section, Paul started by saying that God has made people right with him because they believed in Jesus. From that, believers have peace with God and his grace. Believers rejoice about the future blessings as well as sufferings here on earth. Suffering causes us to endure, do what is right, and have hope for a better future.
God showed how much he loves us by sending Christ to die for us when we were still rejecting him. Jesus also saves us from God’s anger and reconciled us to God, and so we can rejoice.
Here are other possible headings for this section:
Results of Justification (New Revised Standard Version)
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Peace with God Through Faith (English Standard Version)
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Some things we experience because we believe in Jesus
Paragraph 5:1–5
5:1a
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith: The clause we have been justified through faith summarizes what Paul was talking about in 1:18–4:25. It is not a new conclusion that Paul made here. So the word Therefore introduces 5:1b as a result of being justified through faith. For example:
Now that we have been put right with God through faith, (Good News Translation)
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⌊In summary,⌋ we have been justified by faith. Therefore
since we have been justified through faith: The word since introduces the basis for having peace with God (5:1b). In many languages 5:1b must be introduced with “so” for the correct meaning. For example:
we have been justified by faith, so
we have been justified: This clause is passive. Some languages must use an active clause. For example:
⌊God⌋ has justified us
justified: This word indicates that God decides that a person is acceptable to him. When people believe in Jesus, God declares them to be righteous. See how you translated this word in 2:13, where the Berean Standard Bible translates as “declared righteous.”
5:1b
peace: This word refers to having no conflicts with other people or with God. The Greek word may also indicate wholeness or well-being. See how you translated this word in 1:7.
5:1c
through our Lord Jesus Christ: Here this phrase indicates that when Jesus died on the cross to redeem us from our sins, it made a way for God to end his anger against us. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:
by means of what our Lord Jesus Christ did
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because of what he has done for us (New Living Translation (2004))
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