By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- BSB through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
- NKJV through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- NASB through whom we also have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we celebrate in hope of the glory of God.
- NLT Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
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Quick answer
Through Christ we have access into grace and rejoice in hope of God's glory. Justification grants standing in grace and confident hope.
Overview
Paul adds that through Christ believers have gained 'access' into the realm of grace in which they now stand secure. This standing produces joyful hope of one day sharing 'the glory of God,' the very glory humanity fell short of (Romans 3:23). The verse highlights both present security and future expectation rooted in Christ's work.
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- Eph 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
- Eph 3:12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
- Rom 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- 1 Cor 15:1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
- 1 Pet 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- 2 Th 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
- Heb 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- John 10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Heb 10:19–20Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
- Rom 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
- 1 Pet 1:3–9Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Jn 3:1–3Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- Rom 5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
- Rom 8:17–18And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Ps 16:9–11Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
- Rom 5:9–10Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
- Rom 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- Rev 22:4–5And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
- Rom 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
- Ps 73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- John 10:7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
- Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- Rom 8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
- Rev 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Heb 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Exod 33:18–20And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- Acts 14:27And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
- Rom 8:30–39Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- Matt 25:21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Rev 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
- Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- Job 19:25–27For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
- Prov 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Eph 6:13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
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