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Scripture Text: Romans 5:1 So, since we have come to be considered righteous by God because of our trust, let us continue to have shalom with God through our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah. 2 Also through him and on the ground of our trust, we have gained access to this grace in which we stand; so let us boast about the hope of experiencing God’s glory. 3 But not only that, let us also boast in our troubles; because we know that trouble produces endurance, 4 endurance produces character, and character produces hope; 5 and this hope does not let us down, because God’s love for us has already been poured out in our hearts through the Ruach HaKodesh who has been given to us.
6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time, the Messiah died on behalf of ungodly people. 7 Now it is a rare event when someone gives up his life even for the sake of somebody righteous, although possibly for a truly good person one might have the courage to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners. 9 Therefore, since we have now come to be considered righteous by means of his bloody sacrificial death, how much more will we be delivered through him from the anger of God’s judgment! 10 For if we were reconciled with God through his Son’s death when we were enemies, how much more will we be delivered by his life, now that we are reconciled! 11 And not only will we be delivered in the future, but we are boasting about God right now, because he has acted through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through whom we have already received that reconciliation.[Complete Jewish Bible]
6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time, the Messiah died on behalf of ungodly people. 7 Now it is a rare event when someone gives up his life even for the sake of somebody righteous, although possibly for a truly good person one might have the courage to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners. 9 Therefore, since we have now come to be considered righteous by means of his bloody sacrificial death, how much more will we be delivered through him from the anger of God’s judgment! 10 For if we were reconciled with God through his Son’s death when we were enemies, how much more will we be delivered by his life, now that we are reconciled! 11 And not only will we be delivered in the future, but we are boasting about God right now, because he has acted through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through whom we have already received that reconciliation.[Complete Jewish Bible]
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary: Romans 5:1-11
(Read all of Romans 5)
Verse 1
[1] Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Being justified by faith — This is the sum of the preceding chapters.
We have peace with God — Being enemies to God no longer, Romans 5:10; neither fearing his wrath, Romans 5:9. We have peace, hope, love, and power over sin, the sum of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth chapters. These are the fruits of justifying faith: where these are not, that faith is not.
Verse 2
[2] By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Into this grace — This state of favour.
Verse 3
[3] And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
We glory in tribulations also — Which we are so far from esteeming a mark of God's displeasure, that we receive them as tokens of his fatherly love, whereby we are prepared for a more exalted happiness. The Jews objected to the persecuted state of the Christians as inconsistent with the people of the Messiah. It is therefore with great propriety that the apostle so often mentions the blessings arising from this very thing.
Verse 4
[4] And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
And patience works more experience of the sincerity of our grace, and of God's power and faithfulness.
Verse 5
[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.
Hope shameth us not — That is, gives us the highest glorying. We glory in this our hope, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts - The divine conviction of God's love to us, and that love to God which is both the earnest and the beginning of heaven.
By the Holy Ghost — The efficient cause of all these present blessings, and the earnest of those to come.
Verse 6
[6] For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
How can we now doubt of God's love? For when we were without strength - Either to think, will, or do anything good.
In due time — Neither too soon nor too late; but in that very point of time which the wisdom of God knew to be more proper than any other.
Christ died for the ungodly — Not only to set them a pattern, or to procure them power to follow it. It does not appear that this expression, of dying for any one, has any other signification than that of rescuing the life of another by laying down our own.
Verse 7
[7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
A just man — One who gives to all what is strictly their due The good man - One who is eminently holy; full of love, of compassion, kindness, mildness, of every heavenly and amiable temper.
Perhaps-one-would-even-dare to die — Every word increases the strangeness of the thing, and declares even this to be something great and unusual.
Verse 8
[8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
But God recommendeth — A most elegant expression. Those are wont to be recommended to us, who were before either unknown to, or alienated from, us.
While we were sinners — So far from being good, that we were not even just.
Verse 9
[9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
By his blood — By his bloodshedding.
We shall be saved from wrath through him — That is, from all the effects of the wrath of God. But is there then wrath in God? Is not wrath a human passion? And how can this human passion be in God? We may answer this by another question: Is not love a human passion? And how can this human passion be in God? But to answer directly: wrath in man, and so love in man, is a human passion. But wrath in God is not a human passion; nor is love, as it is in God. Therefore the inspired writers ascribe both the one and the other to God only in an analogical sense.
Verse 10
[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.
If — As sure as; so the word frequently signifies; particularly in this and the eighth chapter.
We shalt be saved — Sanctified and glorified.
Through his life — Who "ever liveth to make intercession for us."
Verse 11
[11] And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
And not only so, but we also glory — The whole sentence, from the third to the eleventh verse, may be taken together thus: We not only "rejoice in hope of the glory of God," but also in the midst of tribulations we glory in God himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.
John Wesley's Notes-Commentary: Romans 5:1-11
(Read all of Romans 5)
Verse 1
[1] Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Being justified by faith — This is the sum of the preceding chapters.
We have peace with God — Being enemies to God no longer, Romans 5:10; neither fearing his wrath, Romans 5:9. We have peace, hope, love, and power over sin, the sum of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth chapters. These are the fruits of justifying faith: where these are not, that faith is not.
Verse 2
[2] By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Into this grace — This state of favour.
Verse 3
[3] And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
We glory in tribulations also — Which we are so far from esteeming a mark of God's displeasure, that we receive them as tokens of his fatherly love, whereby we are prepared for a more exalted happiness. The Jews objected to the persecuted state of the Christians as inconsistent with the people of the Messiah. It is therefore with great propriety that the apostle so often mentions the blessings arising from this very thing.
Verse 4
[4] And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
And patience works more experience of the sincerity of our grace, and of God's power and faithfulness.
Verse 5
[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.
Hope shameth us not — That is, gives us the highest glorying. We glory in this our hope, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts - The divine conviction of God's love to us, and that love to God which is both the earnest and the beginning of heaven.
By the Holy Ghost — The efficient cause of all these present blessings, and the earnest of those to come.
Verse 6
[6] For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
How can we now doubt of God's love? For when we were without strength - Either to think, will, or do anything good.
In due time — Neither too soon nor too late; but in that very point of time which the wisdom of God knew to be more proper than any other.
Christ died for the ungodly — Not only to set them a pattern, or to procure them power to follow it. It does not appear that this expression, of dying for any one, has any other signification than that of rescuing the life of another by laying down our own.
Verse 7
[7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
A just man — One who gives to all what is strictly their due The good man - One who is eminently holy; full of love, of compassion, kindness, mildness, of every heavenly and amiable temper.
Perhaps-one-would-even-dare to die — Every word increases the strangeness of the thing, and declares even this to be something great and unusual.
Verse 8
[8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
But God recommendeth — A most elegant expression. Those are wont to be recommended to us, who were before either unknown to, or alienated from, us.
While we were sinners — So far from being good, that we were not even just.
Verse 9
[9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
By his blood — By his bloodshedding.
We shall be saved from wrath through him — That is, from all the effects of the wrath of God. But is there then wrath in God? Is not wrath a human passion? And how can this human passion be in God? We may answer this by another question: Is not love a human passion? And how can this human passion be in God? But to answer directly: wrath in man, and so love in man, is a human passion. But wrath in God is not a human passion; nor is love, as it is in God. Therefore the inspired writers ascribe both the one and the other to God only in an analogical sense.
Verse 10
[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.
If — As sure as; so the word frequently signifies; particularly in this and the eighth chapter.
We shalt be saved — Sanctified and glorified.
Through his life — Who "ever liveth to make intercession for us."
Verse 11
[11] And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
And not only so, but we also glory — The whole sentence, from the third to the eleventh verse, may be taken together thus: We not only "rejoice in hope of the glory of God," but also in the midst of tribulations we glory in God himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.
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Daily Devotional: Monday, March 13, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- Is your view of the future filled with hope or despair?
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- What feeds people’s pessimism for the future?
- What role does fear play in it?
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- How often is change fueled by a fear of the future?
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- What role does faith play when facing fear?
- Why?
Friday, March 17, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- What is the basis of a Christian hope?
- How does that change everyday life?
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- What hopeful act have you seen in the last 24 hours?
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Text to read: Romans 5:1-11
- Pray for those whose hope is lost in despair.
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