5 So now because we’ve been declared guiltless by our faith, we can have peace with God through our master Yeshua Messiah. 2 Through him we also have access by faith into this grace that we depend on and we are boasting in hope of God’s glory. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 3 Not only that, but we are also boasting even though we’re still being persecuted, because we know that difficulties produce endurance 4 and endurance shows who we really are, and knowing that produces hope, 5 and we’re not disgraced by that hope because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the holy spirit who has been given to us.

6 While we were still weak and at the right time for ungodly people, the messiah died for us. 7 Now it’s rare for someone to offer to die to save a guiltless person, although perhaps someone might offer for the greater good, 8 but God demonstrated his love towards us in that the messiah died for us while we were still sinners!

9 So now that we’ve been declared guiltless because of his blood, we’ll certainly be spared from his severe anger, 10 because if we were reconciled to God through the death of his son while we were still enemies, now that we’ve been reconciled how much more certain that we’ll be saved by Yeshua’s life! 11 And not only that, because of what our master Yeshua Messiah has done so that we might receive that reconciliation, we can now boast in God about it.