Their confidence is based on the fact that Christ was put to death for their sins and raised again that they might be declared just (Rom 4:25). At this point we encounter a textual problem. The UBS text chooses the indicative (“we have peace”) rather than the subjunctive (“let us have peace”).88 The NIV adopts the first option, which points to the objective state of peace with God that follows from having been granted a right standing with him. The second option understands peace as a subjective
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