Romans 5:9
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Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
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Much more then, being--"having been" now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Open source ↗The apostle, having made good his point, and fully proved justification by faith, in this chapter proceeds in the explication, illustration, and application of that truth. I. He shows the fruits of justification (Rom 5:1-5). II. He shows the fountain and foundation of justification in the death of Jesus Christ, which he discourses of at large in the rest of the chapter.
Open source ↗5:9 The blood of Christ refers to Jesus’ sacrificial death (3:25). In the Scriptures, blood is shorthand for a violent death (Lev 17:11), especially when that death atones for sins. • he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation: Paul frequently speaks of salvation as the final deliverance of believers from God’s wrath and the tribulations of this life (see Rom 13:11).
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and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
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!
For 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!