Romans 5:2

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

'through whom' -i.e. Jesus Christ

'access' -4318. prosagoge pros-ag-ogue-ay'; from 4317 (compare 72); admission: -access.

-Used only by Paul (Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:12). Lit., the act of bringing to, hence some insist on the transitive sense, INTRODUCTION. [Note: Vincent p. 58]

'This peace carries with it free access to God; the former rebels are not merely forgiven in the sense that their due punishment has been remitted, but they are brought into. place of high favor with God-'this grace wherein we stand'.' [Note: F.F. Bruce p. 120]

'It is Christ who has given us such "access" to God, such an "introduction" as persons of note are given into the presence chamber of. king.' [Note: Erdman p. 69]

'by faith' -remember in the context of the whole letter, in fact the whole Bible, an obedient faith. We can't 'earn' our way in, neither can we 'disobey our way into grace either' (Romans 6:1).

'The man or woman who can read the New Testament (or the Old) and not catch the truth that one must obey God or he cannot (judicially) forgive is so badly astray that. don't know what would convince them otherwise.' [Note: McGuiggan p. 160]

'into this grace' -the state of being in "favor" with God. (Galatians 5:4; 1 Peter 5:12)

'wherein we stand' -'We stand in this grace. We don't sprawl, lounge or slumber in it. In the Bible, people who obtained grace labored and toiled for Christ; they suffered and died for Christ as they 'stood' for Christ. (Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 6:14)' [Note: McGuiggan p. 161]

'we rejoice in hope of the glory of God'

'we rejoice' -'Let us exult'. 'In hope'-on the ground of hope. It is in the realm of hope that we rejoice. Hope enables us to rejoice. Hope isn't. weak thing in the mind of the biblical writers. It is not. mere 'wishing for', it is. 'expecting'. It is CONFIDENT EXPECTATION. (Hebrews 6:19)"The Christian hope is not simply. trembling, hesitant hope that perhaps the promises of God may be true. It is the confident expectation that they cannot be anything else than true." [Note: New Testament Words. William Barclay p. 76]

'Glory of God' -'of beholding the glory of God' (Nor); 'hope of the divine splendor that is to be ours' (NEB). 'To share such heavenly splendor, to behold the King in his beauty, to be like him when we see him as he is (1 John 3:1) all this is the inspiring hope of those who have been justified by faith in Christ.' [Note: Erdman p. 69]