004:022 For this reason also his faith was placed to his
credit as righteousness.
004:023 Nor was the fact of its being placed to his credit put on record
for his sake only;
004:024 it was for our sakes too. Faith, before long, will be placed
to the credit of us also who are believers in Him who raised Jesus,
our Lord, from the dead,
004:025 who was surrendered to death because of the offences we
had committed, and was raised to life because of the acquittal
secured for us.
005:001 Standing then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
005:002 through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an
introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand,
and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.
005:003 And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do,
that suffering produces fortitude;
005:004 fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
005:005 and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love
for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been
given to us.
005:006 For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right
moment died for the ungodly.
005:007 Why, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a
simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps
some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay
down his life.
005:008 But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us
while we were still sinners.
005:009 If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt