Romans 5 (Common English Bible)  View In My Bible  Therefore, we
have peace with God  1 Therefore, since we have been made
righteous through his faithfulness combined with our faith,a we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We have
access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him,
and we boast in the hope of God's glory. 3 But not only that! We
even take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble
produces endurance, 4 endurance produces character, and
character produces hope. 5 This hope doesn't put us to shame,
because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts
through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 6 While we
were still weak, at the right moment, Christ died for ungodly
people. 7 It isn't often that someone will die for a righteous
person, though maybe someone might dare to die for a good
person. 8 But God shows his love for us, because while we were
still sinners Christ died for us. 9 So, now that we have been
made righteous by his blood, we can be e