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And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Romans 5:11 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
  • BSB Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  • NKJV And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
  • NASB And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
  • NLT So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.

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Quick answer

We also rejoice in God himself, through whom we have received reconciliation. The greatest blessing is joyful fellowship with God.

Overview

Paul caps the section by saying believers rejoice not merely in benefits but 'in God' through our Lord Jesus Christ. The reconciliation now received restores the relationship sin had broken. This joy in God, made possible by Christ, is the crowning fruit of justification.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • 2 Cor 5:18–19And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
  • Rom 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
  • Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
  • Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
  • Hab 3:17–18Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
  • 1 Pet 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • Gal 4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
  • Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
  • Col 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
  • Phil 3:3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
  • 1 Sam 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
  • Ps 32:11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
  • Ps 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
  • John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
  • Phil 3:1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
  • Ps 104:34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
  • Rom 3:29–30Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
  • John 6:50–58This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
  • Rom 11:15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
  • Luke 1:46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
  • Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
  • Rom 2:17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
  • 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

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Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 5:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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