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<a href="/nlt/romans/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. <a href="/esv/romans/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. <a href="/bsb/romans/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! <a href="/blb/romans/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore much more, having been justified now by His blood, we will be saved by Him from wrath! <a href="/kjv/romans/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. <a href="/nkjv/romans/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. <a href="/nasb_/romans/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. <a href="/nasb/romans/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. <a href="/nasb77/romans/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. <a href="/lsb/romans/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. <a href="/amp/romans/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him. <a href="/csb/romans/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath. <a href="/hcsb/romans/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. <a href="/asv/romans/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him. <a href="/cev/romans/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger. <a href="/erv/romans/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him. <a href="/gwt/romans/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Since Christ's blood has now given us God's approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger. <a href="/gnt/romans/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> By his blood we are now put right with God; how much more, then, will we be saved by him from God's anger! <a href="/isv/romans/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now that we have been justified by his blood, how much more will we be saved from wrath through him! <a href="/msb/romans/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! <a href="/net/romans/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God's wrath. <a href="/nheb/romans/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him. <a href="/wbt/romans/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. <a href="/wey/romans/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him. <a href="/web/romans/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> much more, then, having been declared righteous now in His blood, we will be saved through Him from the wrath; <a href="/blb/romans/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore much more, having been justified now by His blood, we will be saved by Him from wrath! <a href="/ylt/romans/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath; <a href="/slt/romans/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Much more then, justified now in his blood, we shall be saved by him from wrath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Christ died for us; much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. <a href="/cpdv/romans/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him. <a href="/nabre/romans/5.htm">New American Bible</a> How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath. <a href="/nrsvce/romans/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be delivered from wrath through him. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> How much more therefore, would we all the more be justified now by his blood and be saved from wrath by him?<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> much more, then, since we are now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him. <a href="/godbey/romans/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> How much more then, having now been justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. <a href="/haweis/romans/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Therefore much more, being justified already by his blood, shall we be saved by him from wrath. <a href="/mace/romans/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> much more then being now justified by his blood, shall we thro' him be delivered from the wrath to come. <a href="/wey/romans/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him. <a href="/worrell/romans/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Much more, therefore, being now justified by His blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through Him. <a href="/worsley/romans/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through Him. <a href="/parallel/romans/5-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=1149" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/5.htm">Christ's Sacrifice for the Ungodly</a> …8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/greek/1344.htm" title="1344: dikaiōthentes (V-APP-NMP) -- From dikaios; to render just or innocent.">since we have now been justified</a> <a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haimati (N-DNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood,</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: Pollō (Adj-DNS) -- Much, many; often. ">how much</a> <a href="/greek/3123.htm" title="3123: mallon (Adv) -- More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.">more</a> <a href="/greek/4982.htm" title="4982: sōthēsometha (V-FIP-1P) -- To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.">shall we be saved</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3709.htm" title="3709: orgēs (N-GFS) -- From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.">wrath</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him!</a> 10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a> In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a> and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a> But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a> For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a> and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:10</a> and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3</a> For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. <a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a> Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a> But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a> For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. <a href="/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13</a> The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. <a href="/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11</a> As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. <a href="/psalms/85-9.htm">Psalm 85:9</a> Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.being.<a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Romans 5:1</a> Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:<a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24-26</a> Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: … <a href="/ephesians/2-13.htm">Ephesians 2:13</a> But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.we shall.<a href="/romans/5-10.htm">Romans 5:10</a> 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.<a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;<a href="/romans/8-1.htm">Romans 8:1,30</a> There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/romans/4-25.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Free</a> <a href="/romans/5-5.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Justified</a> <a href="/romans/4-9.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/romans/3-31.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/romans/5-7.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/acts/28-4.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/romans/4-15.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/romans/11-3.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/romans/6-17.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/romans/5-15.htm">Free</a> <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/romans/5-18.htm">Justified</a> <a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/romans/5-10.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/romans/5-19.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/5-16.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/romans/5-10.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/romans/5-10.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 5</div>1. <a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Being justified by faith, we have peace with God;</a> 2. <a href="/romans/5-2.htm">and joy in our hope;</a> 8. <a href="/romans/5-8.htm">that since we were reconciled by his blood, when we were enemies;</a> 10. <a href="/romans/5-10.htm">we shall much more be saved, being reconciled.</a> 12. <a href="/romans/5-12.htm">As sin and death came by Adam;</a> 17. <a href="/romans/5-17.htm">so much more righteousness and life by Jesus Christ.</a> 20. <a href="/romans/5-20.htm">Where sin abounded, grace did superabound.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Therefore The word "therefore" connects this verse to the preceding arguments in Romans, particularly the discussion of justification by faith. It serves as a conclusion to the previous points made about the benefits of being justified through faith in Jesus Christ. This logical connector indicates that what follows is a result of the truths previously established.since we have now been justified by His blood Justification is a legal term signifying a declaration of righteousness. In the context of Romans, it refers to the believer's status before God, achieved through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. The phrase "by His blood" emphasizes the sacrificial nature of Christ's death, aligning with Old Testament sacrificial systems where blood was required for atonement (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). This highlights the fulfillment of the sacrificial system in Christ, who is the ultimate Passover Lamb (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>).how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! This phrase underscores the assurance of salvation for those justified by Christ's blood. The "wrath" refers to God's righteous judgment against sin, a theme consistent throughout Scripture (<a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a>, <a href="/revelation/6-16.htm">Revelation 6:16-17</a>). The argument is from the greater to the lesser: if God has already accomplished the greater work of justification through Christ's death, He will certainly accomplish the lesser work of saving believers from future wrath. This assurance is rooted in the ongoing intercessory work of Christ (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>) and the security of the believer in Him (<a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Central to this verse, Jesus is the one whose sacrificial death and shed blood provide justification and salvation from God's wrath. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a> The original recipients of the letter, the Roman Christians were a diverse group of Jewish and Gentile believers living in the heart of the Roman Empire. 4. <a href="/topical/j/justification.htm">Justification</a> A theological event where believers are declared righteous before God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/w/wrath_of_god.htm">Wrath of God</a> Refers to God's righteous judgment against sin, from which believers are saved through Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_justification.htm">Understanding Justification</a> Justification is a legal declaration by God, made possible through the blood of Jesus. It is not based on our works but on faith in Christ's sacrifice. <a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_salvation.htm">The Assurance of Salvation</a> Believers can have confidence in their salvation, knowing that if God has justified us, He will also save us from His wrath. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus'_blood.htm">The Role of Jesus' Blood</a> The blood of Jesus is central to our faith, symbolizing the ultimate sacrifice that cleanses us from sin and reconciles us to God. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_salvation.htm">Living in Light of Salvation</a> Knowing we are saved from wrath should inspire us to live lives of gratitude, obedience, and witness to others about the hope we have in Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_the_gospel.htm">The Urgency of the Gospel</a> Understanding the reality of God's wrath should motivate us to share the gospel with urgency, knowing that salvation is available to all who believe.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 5</a> <a href="/q/can_christians_lose_salvation.htm">Is it possible for Christians to lose salvation?</a> <a href="/q/what's_salvation's_nature_in_the_nt.htm">What is salvation's nature in the New Testament?</a> <a href="/q/are_you_already_clean.htm">What is salvation's nature in the New Testament?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_blood_of_christ_mean.htm">What is the meaning of the Blood of Christ?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) From wrath.--From the wrath, the divine wrath, or the wrath to come.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9, 10. - Much more then, being now justified by (literally, in) his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by (literally, in) his life. In these verses, the second being an amplification of the first, our relations to God are set forth, as before, by the analogy of such as may subsist between man and man. Men do not usually die for their enemies, but they do seek the good of their friends. If, then, God's superhuman love reconciled us to himself through the death of his Son when we were still his enemies, what assurance may we not now feel, being no longer at enmity, of being saved from the wrath (τῆς ὀργῆς, ver. 9) to which, as sinners and enemies, we were exposed! There is also a significance (ver. 10)in the words "death" and "life." Christ's death was for atonement, and in it we are conceived as having died with him to our former state of alienation from God. His resurrection was the inauguration of a new life to God, in which with him we live (cf. <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3</a>, et seqq.). The words "enemies" (ἀχθροὶ) and "reconciled" (καταλλάγημεν, καταλλαγέντες) invite attention. Does the former word imply mutual enmity, or only that we were God's enemies? We may answer that, though we cannot attribute enmity in its proper human sense to God, or properly speak of him as under any circumstances the enemy of man, yet the expression might perhaps be used with regard to him in the way of accommodation to human ideas, as are anger, jealousy, and the like. There seems, however, to be no necessity for this conception here, the idea being rather that of man's alienation from God, and from peace with him, through sin; as in <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Colossians 1:21</a>, "And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works." So Theoderet interprets: Οἱ ἐχθροὶ δὴ τῶν ἐντολῶν αῖς μηδὲ ὑποκηκόασι γενόμενοι ὥσπερ φίλοι οἱ ὑπακηκοότες. So too, Clem. Alex., 'Strom.,' 1. 3.: Καὶ μή τε καθὰπεο ἐπὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐδενὶ μὲν ἀντικεισθαι, λέγομεν τὸν Θεὸν οὐδε ἐχθρὸν εῖναι τινός πάντων γὰρ κτίστης καὶ οὐδεν ἐστι τῶν ὑποστάντων ο{ μὴ θέλει. Φαμὲν δὲ αὐτῷ ἐχθροὺς εϊναι τοὺς ἀπειθεῖς καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ πορευομένους. With regard to reconciled," it may be first observed that, however orthodox and capable of a true sense it may be to speak of God being reconciled to man through Christ (as in Art. 2, "to reconcile his Father to us"), the expression is not scriptural. It is always man who is said to be reconciled to God; and it is God who, in Christ, reconciles the world unto himself (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19</a>; cf. also <a href="/ephesians/2-16.htm">Ephesians 2:16</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20, 21</a>). Still, mere is evidently implied than that God reconciles men to himself by changing their hearts and converting them from sin by the manifestation of his love in Christ. The reconciliation is spoken of as effected once for all for all mankind in the atonement, independently of, and previously to, the conversion of believers. Faith only appropriates, and obedience testifies, the appropriation of an accomplished reconciliation available for all mankind. That such is the view in the passage before us is distinctly evident from all that follows after ver. 12. <a href="/commentaries/romans/5-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Therefore, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. [since] we have now been justified δικαιωθέντες (dikaiōthentes) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1344.htm">Strong's 1344: </a> From dikaios; to render just or innocent. by ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. blood, αἵματι (haimati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. how much Πολλῷ (Pollō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. more μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. shall we be saved σωθησόμεθα (sōthēsometha) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4982.htm">Strong's 4982: </a> To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. wrath ὀργῆς (orgēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. through δι’ (di’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. Him! αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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