King James Version
What Does Romans 5:2 Mean?
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
Context
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Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
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And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(2) **By whom.**—More accurately translated, *through whom also we have had our access* (Ellicott). “Have had” when we first became Christians, and now while we are such.
**Into this grace.**—This state of acceptance and favour with God, the fruit of justification.
**Rejoice.**—The word used elsewhere for “boasting.” The Christian *has* his boasting, but it is not based upon his own merits. It is a joyful and triumphant confidence in the future, not only felt, but expressed.
**The glory of God.**—That glory which the “children of the kingdom” shall share with the Messiah Himself when His eternal reign begins.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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