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Romans 5:10

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

KJV

εἰ γὰρ ἐχθροὶ ὄντες κατηλλάγημεν τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, πολλῷ μᾶλλον καταλλαγέντες σωθησόμεθα ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ·

Greek NT

Si enim cum inimici essemus, reconciliati sumus Deo per mortem filii ejus : multo magis reconciliati, salvi erimus in vita ipsius.

Vulgate

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;

ASV

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καταλλάσσω
katallasso
verb · 6×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σώζω
sozo
verb · 106×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐχθρός
echthros
adjective · 32×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§603Jesus did not experience reprobation as if he himself had sinned.405 But in the redeeming love that always united him to the Father, he assumed us in the state of our waywardness of sin, to the point that he could say in our name from the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"406 Having thus established him in solidarity with us sinners, God "did not spare his own S…
§1825Christ died out of love for us, while we were still "enemies."100 The Lord asks us to love as he does, even our enemies, to make ourselves the neighbor of those farthest away, and to love children and the poor as Christ himself.101 The Apostle Paul has given an incomparable depiction of charity: "charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogan…
2. Afterwards again He refutes it in another way also. For as at first He brought in David, by the dignity of the person quelling their pride; so when He had stopped their mouths, and had put down their boasting, then He adds also the more appropriate refutation. And of what sort is this? Do you not know, that in the temple the priests profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? Ma…
1. A great matter, beloved, a great matter it is to preside over a Church: a matter needing wisdom and courage as great as that of which Christ speaks, that a man should lay down his life for the sheep, and never leave them deserted or naked; that he should stand against the wolf nobly. For in this the shepherd differs from the hireling; the one always looks to his own safety, …
2. In the next place, because he had sharply dealt with them by using the word schism, he again softens and soothes them, saying, That ye may be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. That is; since he had said, That ye may all speak the same thing; do not suppose, he adds, that I said concord should be only in words; I seek for that harmony which …
1. Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sina, the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest. cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 For, it says, God appeared in Sina, and long ago were these things celebrated. The New Covenant, however, was not given with any of these things, but has been given in…
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Calvin shows the blessed fruits of justification: peace with God, access by faith into grace, and rejoicing in hope of glory. God commends his love in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. The parallel between Adam and Christ is fundamental: as by one man sin entered the world and death by sin, so by one …
Were we freed from sin by Christ's Passion? Were we thereby delivered from the power of the devil? Were we freed thereby from our debt of punishment? Were we thereby reconciled with God? Was heaven's gate opened to us thereby? Did Christ derive exaltation from it? Article 1. Whether we were delivered from sin through Christ's Passion? Objection 1. It would seem that we were not…
We believe that we have no access to God except through the one and only Mediator and Intercessor, "Jesus Christ the righteous," who therefore was made human, uniting together the divine and human natures, so that we human beings might have access to the divine Majesty. Otherwise we would have no access. But this Mediator, whom the Father has appointed between himself and us, o…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:17 — And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
  • 1Pet 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 2Chr 29:24 — And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering shou
  • 2Cor 4:10 — Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
  • 2Cor 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
  • 2Cor 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
  • 2Cor 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • Col 1:20 — And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
  • Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Dan 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting right
  • Dan 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting right
  • Eph 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
  • Eph 2:16 — And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
  • Eph 2:16 — And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
  • Ezek 45:20 — And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
  • Heb 2:17 — Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the p
  • Heb 2:17 — Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the p
  • Heb 7:25 — Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
  • Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
  • Jas 4:4 — Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • John 5:26 — For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  • John 6:40 — And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • Lev 6:30 — And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
  • Mal 3:6 — For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
  • Ps 138:8 — The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • Rom 5:6 — For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
  • Rom 5:9 — Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
  • Rom 5:11 — And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
  • Rom 8:6 — For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
  • Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
  • Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
  • Rom 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?