Romans 5:1-4

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Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified^(A) through faith,^(B) we^[a] have peace^(C) with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,^(D) ²through whom we have gained access^(E) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.^(F) And we^[b] boast in the hope^(G) of the glory of God. ³Not only so, but we^[c] also glory in our sufferings,^(H) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;^(I) ⁴perseverance, character; and character, hope.

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Footnotes

Romans 5:1 Many manuscripts let us
Romans 5:2 Or let us
Romans 5:3 Or let us

Romans 5:11

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¹¹Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.^(A)

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Romans 5:11 in all English translations

Psalm 43:3-5

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³Send me your light^(A) and your faithful care,^(B)
    let them lead me;^(C)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,^(D)
    to the place where you dwell.^(E)
⁴Then I will go^(F) to the altar^(G) of God,
    to God, my joy^(H) and my delight.^(I)
I will praise you with the lyre,^(J)
    O God, my God.

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(K)

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John 16:21-22

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²¹A woman giving birth to a child has pain^(A) because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. ²²So with you: Now is your time of grief,^(B) but I will see you again^(C) and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.^(D)