Romans 5:9

Romans 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
• New International Version (NIV)Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Context of Romans 5:9

7Nobody will agree to die on behalf of another person, even if that person has done what is right. Maybe someone might be brave enough to die on behalf of a person who is very good. 8But God has shown us how much he loves us. Even when we still did not obey God, Christ died on our behalf. Because Christ died on the cross, God has accepted us as right with himself. So we certainly know that Christ will save us when God judges everyone. Because of Jesus, God will not be angry with us and punish us. 10While we were still God's enemies, God's Son died on our behalf. As a result, we became God's friends. So, now that we are God's friends, his Son will certainly save us. Christ will save us because he is alive again. 11But that is not everything! We are very happy now because of what God has done for us. Our Lord Jesus Christ has made this possible. It is because of him that we have now become God's friends.

Romans 5:9 word by word

πολλῷ οὖν μᾶλλον δικαιωθέντες νῦν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ σωθησόμεθα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• moreμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• beingδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• bloodὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• we shall be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• wrathὀργήorgē · wrathG3709
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223

Cross-references for Romans 5:9

• Romans 5:1So we see that God has accepted us as right because we believe in him. As a result, we are friends with God, because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us.
• Romans 3:24But because God is very kind, he accepts us as right with himself. That is God's gift to us. Jesus Christ has paid for our sins so that we have become free.
• Ephesians 2:13You were far away from God. But now, God has brought you near to himself, because you belong to Christ Jesus. That is possible because of Christ's death on the cross as a sacrifice.
• Hebrews 9:14But the blood of Christ's sacrifice will do much more than that! Christ offered himself to God, in the power of his Spirit, who lives for ever. That sacrifice was completely good. There was no wrong thing in Christ. He offered his own blood to make us completely clean inside ourselves. We no longer have to do things that lead to death. Instead, we can serve the God who lives for ever.
• 1 John 1:7But when we live in a right way, it is like living in the light. God is always in the light. So, if we live in the light, we share together in the life which God gives. And when Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross, he saved us from all our sins. The blood of his sacrifice makes us clean.
• Romans 5:10While we were still God's enemies, God's Son died on our behalf. As a result, we became God's friends. So, now that we are God's friends, his Son will certainly save us. Christ will save us because he is alive again.
• Romans 1:18God in heaven shows that he is angry with people. He is angry because they do not respect him and they do bad things. Because they continue to do those bad things, they choose not to accept God's true message.
• Romans 8:1Now we know this: God has forgiven those people who are united with Christ Jesus. God will never say that they are guilty.
• John 5:24I tell you this: Everyone who hears my message should believe in the Father who sent me. If they believe in me, they will have life for ever with God. God will not say that they are guilty. They are no longer under the power of death. Instead, they have life with God.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:10They also tell us that you are waiting patiently for God's Son to return from heaven. God raised him up after his death on the cross. He is Jesus. He saves us from God's punishment that will come one day.

Commentaries on Romans 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Much more then, being now justified - If Jesus Christ, in his endless comparison towards us gave his life for ours, while we were yet enemies; being now justified by his blood - by his death on the cross, and thus reconciled to God, we shall be saved from wrath - from punishment for past transgression, through him - by what he has thus suffered for us.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Much more, then - It is much more reasonable to expect it. There are fewer obstacles in the way. If, when we were enemies, he overcame all that was in the way of our salvation; much more have we reason to expect that he will afford us protection now that we are his friends. This is one ground of the hope expressed in Romans 5:5. Being now justified - Pardoned; accepted as his friends. By his blood - By his death; Note, Romans 3:25. The fact that we are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Christ died for sinners; not only such as were useless, but such as were guilty and hateful; such that their everlasting destruction would be to the glory of God's justice. Christ died to save us, not in our sins, but from our sins; and we were yet sinners when he died for us. Nay, the carnal mind is not only an enemy to God, but enmity itself, chap. 8:7; Col 1:21. But God designed to deliver from sin, and to work a great change. While the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The blood of Christ refers to the sacrificial death of Jesus (3:25). In the Scriptures, blood often means a violent death, especially when that death "makes atonement" for sins (Leviticus 17:11). how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!: Paul often describes salvation as the final rescue of Christians from God’s wrath and life's troubles (see Romans 13:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. Much more then, being--"having been" now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 5:9

• Atonement
• Blood
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Justification
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Abound
• Access
• Atonement
• Condemnation
• Die
• Disobedience
• Faith
• Figure
• Grace
• Justification

Commentaries on Romans 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings