through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which 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.
- KJV By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and 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.
- 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 our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Eph 3:12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
- Rom 12:12rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
- 1 Cor 15:1Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
- 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- 2 Th 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
- Heb 3:6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
- John 10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
- 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
- John 5:24“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
- Heb 10:19–20Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
- Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Pet 1:3–9Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Jn 3:1–3See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
- Rom 5:5and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- Rom 8:17–18and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Ps 16:9–11Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
- Rom 5:9–10Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
- Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Rev 22:4–5They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
- Rom 3:23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
- Ps 73:24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- John 10:7Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
- Rev 21:3I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
- Rom 8:24For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
- Rev 21:23The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Exod 33:18–20He said, “Please show me your glory.”
- Acts 14:27When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
- Rom 8:30–39Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
- Matt 25:21“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
- Rev 21:11having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Rev 3:21He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
- Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- Job 19:25–27But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
- Prov 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
- Eph 6:13Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
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