1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Now 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.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: …
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The precious benefits and privileges which flow from justification are such as should quicken us all to give diligence to make it sure to ourselves that we are justified, and then to take the comfort it renders to us, and to do the duty it calls for from us. The fruits of this tree of life are exceedingly precious. I. We have peace with God , Rom. 5:1. It is sin that breeds the quarrel between us…
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