¹Now that we have God’s approval by faith, we have peace with God because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done. ²Through Christ we can approach God^aand stand in his favor.^bSo we brag because of our confidence that we will receive glory from God. ³But that’s not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance, ⁴endurance creates character, and character creates confidence. ⁵We’re not ashamed to have this confidence, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

⁶Look at it this way: At the right time, while we were still helpless, Christ died for ungodly people. ⁷Finding someone who would die for a godly person is rare. Maybe someone would have the courage to die for a good person. ⁸Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This demonstrates God’s love for us.

⁹Since Christ’s blood has now given us God’s approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God’s anger. ¹⁰If the death of his Son restored our relationship with God while we were still his enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of his Son will save us. ¹¹In addition, our Lord Jesus Christ lets us continue to brag about God. After all, it is through Christ that we now have this restored relationship with God.

Read in Logos

Romans 5:10: For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Footnotes

a 5:2 Some manuscripts read “we can approach God through faith.”
b 5:2 Or “grace.”