“To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The salutation bestows spiritual gifts: grace (charis), the undeserved favor of God, and peace (eirēnē), the shalom that comes from reconciliation with God and one another. The conjunction of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in the bestowal of these gifts suggests their functional equivalence in the economy of salvation.
Church Fathers on Romans 1:7
“To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” See how continually he puts the word “called,” saying, “called to be an Apostle; among whom you also are called; to all that be in Rome, called:” and this he does not out of superfluity of words, but out of a wish to remind them of the benefit. For since among them which believed, it was likely that there would be some of the consuls and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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