Romans 5:2

American Standard Version (1901)

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διʼ οὗ καὶ τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἐσχήκαμεν τῇ πίστει εἰς τὴν χάριν ταύτην ἐν ᾗ ἑστήκαμεν, καὶ καυχώμεθα ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

Through whom also the prosagōgēn we have eschēkamen by the pistei into the charin tautēn in which we have hestēkamen, and we kauchōmetha upon elpidi of the doxēs of the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *prosagōgēn*: accusative singular feminine - access/introduction
• *eschēkamen*: perfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we have obtained/had
• *pistei*: dative singular feminine - by faith/belief
• *charin*: accusative singular feminine - grace/favor
• *tautēn*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative singular feminine - this
• *hestēkamen*: perfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we stand/have stood
• *kauchōmetha*: present middle indicative, 1st person plural - we boast/glory/exult
• *elpidi*: dative singular feminine - hope/expectation
• *doxēs*: genitive singular feminine - glory/honor
• *Theou*: genitive singular masculine - of God

Word Meanings

• *prosagōgēn*: access/introduction/approach
• *eschēkamen*: we have obtained/had/gained
• *pistei*: by faith/belief/trust
• *charin*: grace/favor/kindness
• *hestēkamen*: we stand/have stood/are established
• *kauchōmetha*: we boast/glory/exult/rejoice

Referenced Verses

• Eph 2:18 : 18 for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
• Eph 3:12 : 12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
• 1 Cor 15:1 : 1 Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,
• Heb 3:6 : 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• John 5:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
• Ps 16:9-9 : 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Rom 12:12 : 12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.
• Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
• John 10:9 : 9 I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
• Rev 22:4-5 : 4 and they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] on their foreheads. 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• Heb 10:19-20 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
• 1 Pet 1:3-9 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials, 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
• 1 John 3:1-3 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3 And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
• Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [ [and be] their God:
• Rev 21:11 : 11 having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
• Eph 6:13 : 13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
• Rom 14:4 : 4 Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
• Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
• Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
• Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath [of God] through him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 8:17-18 : 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] . 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
• Rom 8:24 : 24 For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
• Rom 8:30-39 : 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• John 10:7 : 7 Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
• Exod 33:18-20 : 18 And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
• Job 19:25-27 : 25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; 27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.