Peace and Hope

Romans 5:1-8

New International Version (NIV)

5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

 ² through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.  

³ Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;  

⁴ perseverance, character; and character, hope.

 ⁵ And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.  

⁷ Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.  

⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

May the Peace of the Lord be with me and with you through it all. Amen