KJV Romans 5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Paraphrasing for clarity -
Therefore, after using Abraham's example - the complete Romans 4 chapter - of believing in the future Christ and being declared righteous, free of sin, we have peace with God through our promised Lord Jesus Christ. It is by faith in Jesus that we have access into this gracious forgiveness, which is our foundation, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
The Bible teaches that
- No one has forgiveness and salvation without faith in Jesus Christ
- Justification begins with the faith of Jesus (the faith belonging to Jesus) because His humanity allowed Him to suffer and die. See Romans 3, Galatians, etc.
- A sentence including Justification by Faith, Romans 4:24-25, cannot be split and used to claim that Jesus rising from the dead absolved and saved the entire world, as the heretical, blaspheming Objective Justification fanatics declare.
424 αλλα και δι ημας οις μελλει λογιζεσθαι τοις πιστευουσιν επι τον εγειραντα ιησουν τον κυριον ημων εκ νεκρων [GJ - imputed and faith together]
25 ος παρεδοθη δια τα παραπτωματα ημων και ηγερθη δια την δικαιωσιν ημων
[GJ - faith in Jesus delivered and raised, just as faith and grace are used together in
KJV Romans 4:16 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,]
5 δικαιωθεντες ουν εκ πιστεως ειρηνην εχομεν προς τον θεον δια του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου
2 δι ου και την προσαγωγην εσχηκαμεν τη πιστει εις την χαριν ταυτην εν η εστηκαμεν και καυχωμεθα επ ελπιδι της δοξης του θεου
Dr. Robert Preus repented of his Norwegian Pietist OJism, and he cited a number of excellent Justification by Faith passages in his Justification and Rome. |