Romans 3:24
About this versePaul explains that sinners are declared right with God freely, as a gift of his grace, through the rescue Christ Jesus accomplished.
Romans 5:1
Because we have been made right with God through faith, we now have peace with him through Jesus Christ.
So now that we have been declared righteous by faith, we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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What Romans 5:1 means
The peace here is not a feeling but a change of standing. Paul has spent four chapters establishing that no one is put right with God by law-keeping; this verse states the result — the hostility is over and the war has ended.
‘We have’ is present and settled. It does not fluctuate with how the day has gone or how well you have done. For anyone whose sense of acceptance rises and falls, this verse relocates it to something already accomplished.
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Questions about Romans 5:1
What does Romans 5:1 mean?
It means that because we have been declared righteous through faith, we now stand at peace with God — a settled relationship secured through Jesus Christ.
What is the difference between peace with God and the peace of God?
Peace *with* God is a change of relationship — the end of estrangement, as here. The peace *of* God, as in Philippians 4:7, is the inner calm that follows from it.