Romans 5:1

World English Bible (2000)

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Δικαιωθέντες οὖν ἐκ πίστεως, εἰρήνην ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ:

Transliteration

Dikaiōthentes therefore from pisteōs, eirēnēn we echomen pros the Theon through the Kyriou of us Iēsou Christou:

Grammar Details

• *Dikaiōthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative plural masculine - having been justified/declared righteous
• *pisteōs*: genitive singular feminine - of faith/belief/trust
• *eirēnēn*: accusative singular feminine - peace
• *echomen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we have/possess
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - toward/with
• *Theon*: accusative singular masculine - God
• *Kyriou*: genitive singular masculine - Lord/master
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive singular masculine - of Jesus Christ

Word Meanings

• *Dikaiōthentes*: having been justified/declared righteous/made right
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *eirēnēn*: peace/harmony/reconciliation
• *echomen*: we have/we possess/let us have (some manuscripts have subjunctive form)
• *pros*: toward/with/in relation to
• *Kyriou*: Lord/master/owner

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Isa 32:17 : 17 The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, 39 and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
• Col 1:20 : 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
• Col 3:15 : 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
• 2 Thess 3:16 : 16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
• Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."
• Luke 10:5-6 : 5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 6 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
• Luke 19:38 : 38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
• Luke 19:42 : 42 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
• Ps 85:8-9 : 8 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Isa 27:5 : 5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me."
• Isa 57:19-21 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says Yahweh; "and I will heal them." 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
• Rom 1:7 : 7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
• Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
• Rom 15:33 : 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
• 2 Cor 5:18-20 : 18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
• Rom 1:17 : 17 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."
• Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
• Isa 54:13 : 13 All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.
• Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
• Jas 2:23-26 : 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 25 In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
• Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
• Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• Rom 10:15 : 15 And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
• John 20:31 : 31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
• John 3:16-18 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
• John 5:24 : 24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
• Zech 6:13 : 13 even he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
• Luke 2:14 : 14 "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."
• Job 21:21 : 21 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
• Ps 122:6 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
• Rom 3:22 : 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
• Rom 3:26-28 : 26 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus. 27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
• Rom 3:30 : 30 since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
• Rom 5:18 : 18 So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
• Rom 4:24-25 : 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
• Gal 2:16 : 16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
• Gal 3:11-14 : 11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith." 12 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them." 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree," 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
• Gal 3:25 : 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
• Gal 5:4-6 : 4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Eph 2:7 : 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;