Peace with God Through Faith

5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, [fn]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we also boast in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance, 4 endurance produces proven character, proven character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to [fn]us.

6 For when we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person someone might even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrated his own love for us in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved from wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more will we be saved by his life now that we have been reconciled! 11 Not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.