Romans 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ROMANS CHAPTER 5 Romans 5:1 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, Romans 5:2 we glory in our hopes, Romans 5:3-5 and in present afflictions, Romans 5:6-10 from the best experience of God's love, looking with more assurance for final salvation. Romans 5:11 we glory in God also, to whom we are reconciled by Christ. Romans 5:12-19 As sin and death came upon all men by Adam, so the grace of God, which justifieth unto life, cometh more abundantly unto all mankind through Christ. Romans 5:20,21 Under the law sin abounded unto death; but grace hath much more abounded unto life. Hitherto of the cause and manner of our justification; now follow the benefits and effects. Being justified by faith; as he had before asserted and proved particularly, in Romans 3:28, Romans 4:24. We have peace with God; i.e. we have reconciliation with God, who before were utter enemies to him, Colossians 1:21; he is now become our Friend, as he was Abraham s. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Mediator of reconciliation: see 2 Corinthians 5:19 Ephesians 2:14-16 Colossians 1:20 1 Timothy 2:5.