Romans 5:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, because of our Lord Jesus Christ, we live at peace with God.

Cross References

Job 21:21

Because after they are dead, they won't care what happens to their children.”

Psalm 122:6

Jerusalem, we pray that you will have peace, and that all will go well for those who love you.

Isaiah 27:5

Yet if the vineyard depends on me for protection, it will become my friend and be at peace with me.

Isaiah 32:17

and justice will produce lasting peace and security.

Isaiah 54:13

I will teach your children and make them successful.

Isaiah 55:12

When you are set free, you will celebrate and travel home in peace. Mountains and hills will sing as you pass by, and trees will clap.

Habakkuk 2:4

“I, the LORD, refuse to accept anyone who is proud. Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.”

Luke 19:38

They shouted, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God.”

Luke 19:42

and said: Today your people don't know what will bring them peace! Now it is hidden from them.

Luke 2:14

“Praise God in heaven! Peace on earth to everyone who pleases God.”

John 14:27

I give you peace, the kind of peace that only I can give. It isn't like the peace that this world can give. So don't be worried or afraid.

John 16:33

I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of me. While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you will put your faith in Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God. If you have faith in him, you will have true life.

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

Acts 10:36

This is the same message that God gave to the people of Israel, when he sent Jesus Christ, the Lord of all, to offer peace to them.

Romans 1:17

The good news tells how God accepts everyone who has faith, but only those who have faith. It is just as the Scriptures say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”

Romans 1:7

This letter is to all of you in Rome. God loves you and has chosen you to be his very own people. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!

Romans 10:10

God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and tell it to others.

Romans 10:15

And how can anyone tell them without being sent by the Lord? The Scriptures say it is a beautiful sight to see even the feet of someone coming to preach the good news.

Romans 14:17

God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

I pray that God, who gives hope, will bless you with complete happiness and peace because of your faith. And may the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope.

Romans 15:33

I pray that God, who gives peace, will be with all of you. Amen.

Romans 3:22

God treats everyone alike. He accepts people only because they have faith in Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:30

There is only one God, and he accepts Gentiles as well as Jews, simply because of their faith.

Romans 4:5

But you cannot make God accept you because of something you do. God accepts sinners only because they have faith in him.

Romans 5:11

And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us.

Romans 5:18

Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life.

Romans 6:23

The reward for sin is death. But God's gift is eternal life given by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 9:30

What does all this mean? It means that the Gentiles were not trying to be acceptable to God, but they found that he would accept them if they had faith.

Galatians 2:16

But we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by simply obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, and God accepted us because of our faith.

Galatians 3:25

But once a person has learnt to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.

Galatians 5:22

God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,

Ephesians 2:7

God did this so that in the future world he could show how truly good and kind he is to us because of what Christ Jesus has done.

Philippians 3:9

and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ.

Colossians 1:20

And God was pleased for him to make peace by sacrificing his blood on the cross, so that all beings in heaven and on earth would be brought back to God.

Colossians 3:15

Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace. So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

I pray that God, who gives peace, will make you completely holy. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept healthy and faultless until our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

2 Thessalonians 3:16

I pray that the Lord, who gives peace, will always bless you with peace. May the Lord be with all of you.

Hebrews 13:20

God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock.