“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.
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