Romans 5:2

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Summary

Romans 5:2

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

By whom

1 Peter 3:18

And rejoice

The glory

General references

Ephesians 3:12

Bible References

By whom

So he continued: "In truth I tell you, I am the Door for the sheep.

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

After their arrival, they gathered the Church together, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do, and especially how he had opened to the Gentiles the door of faith;

For it is through him that we, the Jews and the Gentiles, united in the one Spirit, are now able to approach the Father.

And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.

Therefore, Brothers, since we may enter the Sanctuary with confidence, in virtue of the blood of Jesus,

For Christ himself died to atone for sins once for all--the good on behalf of the bad--that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death, but his spirit entering upon new Life.

And rejoice

And that 'hope never disappoints.' For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;

By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?

Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;

May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving-kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,

the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.

For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false--we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

The glory

To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal,

And if children, then heirs-heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, since we share Christ's sufferings in order that we may also share his Glory.

'Well done, good, trustworthy servant!' said his master. 'You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master's joy!'

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.

The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;

To him who conquers--to him I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, as I, when I conquered, took my seat beside my Father on his throne.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, which said-- 'See! the Tabernacle of God is set up among men. God will dwell among them, and they will be his Peoples, and God himself will be among them,

they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

General references

And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.